Blaming the `King of the Jungle'
As a consequence of the spate of recent natural disasters, Perhutani stands accused of failure in the management of Java's forests.
February 18, 2003
A MIDST the torrential rain, the cracks in the slopes of Mount Mandalawangi were widening fast, and then the whole mountainside crashed down with a thundering sound. A tragic panorama presented itself at 2am on Wednesday three weeks ago: three villages at the foot of the mountain located in Garut Regency, West Java, were completely buried under earth. Twenty lives were lost. Two months before, floods devastating the warm water bathing pool at
...