THE name of Lapindo Brantas Incorporated has been very much in the news during the last three weeks. Unfortunately, it has not been anything good that has made the name of this company hit the headlines every day. Lapindo stands accused of causing the hot mudflows in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, which began on May 29 this year.

Up to Friday last week, it has proven impossible to stop the hot mudflows. Already tens of thousands of cubic meters of h