When Time Stood Still in Cimeri
A tea workers’ settlement in Cimeri village, Bandung regency, was buried beneath a landslide. The government is accused of being slow in helping the victims.
March 3, 2010
THE hands of the clock had just reached 8am according to Western Indonesia Standard Time, Tuesday last week. Cimeri village was still drenched from the showers of the previous night. Heri Wahid, 24, and a villager of Cimeri felt his heart beating uncontrollably but was not sure why. He had not yet left for work at the PT Perkebunan Cakra Teh Dewata tea factory which was located only a stone’s throw from his house. His father Nandan had already
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