JAKARTA, October 7— The perennial issue of transboundary haze has again sparked friction in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia's environment minister writing to the Indonesian government this week calling for a regional response to the toxic smoke drifting across his nation.

JAKARTA, Sept 6 — The Asean Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control (ACC THPC) was inaugurated as part of the agenda of the 43rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Jakarta on Tuesday, reported ANTARA News Agency.