The Blessings of Land

From schoolteachers to subdistrict heads, the middlemen at the Cepu Block live prosperously.

January 15, 2008

OFFICIALLY, he is a teacher at the State Junior High School in Bojonegoro, East Java. However, Parmani, 43, drives everywhere in a one-year old blue Suzuki Escudo. The schoolteacher is also always neatly dressed, either in a batik shirt or a plain shirt like an executive. He socializes in cafes and luxurious hotels. Once in a while he speaks in seminars on oil and gas.

Parmani became skilled speaking on oil and gas, not because he is a schoolte

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