THE rumble of bulldozers accompanied the spread of fire that consumed timber on the land of PT Sarana Titian Permata. Sie Ai Kiong, the firms estate manager, could only watch the flames from a distance. Meanwhile, the bulldozers continued to scoop the remaining wood from the fire breaking out in the district of Danau Sembuluh, Seruyan regency, Central Kalimantan.

Speaking to journalists who met him in Danau Sembulan early September, Ai Kiong deni