Rising Nationalist Voices

Protests against Exxon, Freeport, and Newmont are gaining momentum. Even President Yudhoyono is feeling the heat.

March 28, 2006

THIS particular story happened in July 1998. Five bottles filled with unprocessed crude oil were sent from Bojonegoro, East Java, to the office of PT Humpuss Patragas, on Jalan Merdeka Timur, Central Jakarta. The sludge was a sample, drilled out of the Cepu Banyu Urip No. 1 mine. After receiving the package, Humpuss officials called in Koesoemadinata, an oil and natural gas expert, who was also advisor to the companys directors, to study the samp

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