Hide-and-Seek on Rancaekek
Industrial effluents continue to be discharged into Bandung rivers. Local residents have joined hands with NGOs to initiate a class action against the polluting companies.
July 8, 2003
THE night hours wear on in Rancaekek in the West Java city of Bandung as the temperature drops and coolness fills the air. On a bridge over the Cikijing River a group of men look down at the water.
Itll be here soon, says a resident named Yahya in a low voice. Silence. All eyes are fixed on the water flowing downstream. Once in a while, rays of light sweep over the water from flashlights carried by the men.
Suddenly the temperature rises. All at on
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