TIMES change, regimes change, but Pertamina continues to provide fodder for sensational news stories. Former Pertamina president irector Martiono Hadianto once said: "If you throw a stone anywhere, it will probably fall on Pertamina land." Despite the obvious exaggeration, his meaning was clear: plots of Pertamina-owned land are ubiquitous. Unfortunately, they're not well managed and some have even disappeared from the records.

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