Mud Money Paid in Installments

EAST Java Governor Imam Utomo said the ‘cash-and-carry’ damages in the Lapindo mud-affected areas pledged March 22, 2007 could not be paid all at once, but in installments.

“It’s impossible to demand a full payment at once. In accordance with the rules, who owns such a tremendous amount of money? After all, the residents have got the lease money,” said Utomo at the Grahadi Building in Surabaya, Thursda