IMAM Pria Agustinos fatigue shows on his face. Last week, the manager of PT Lapindo Brantas Incorporated emerged from a nine-hour questioning session with investigators at the East Java Police Headquarters. They wanted to know all about standard drilling procedures, he commented.

Last May, a 150-hectare area in Porong, Sidoarjo was inundated by malodorous mud and gas, forcing nearly 5,000 people to evacuate their homes. The incident, currently bei