Raising the White Flag

The police closed the investigation into the Lapindo mudflow case. The only hope now lies with the National Human Rights Commission.

August 18, 2009

THE white flag was finally raised by the East Java Regional Police. Lapindo it seems turned out to be too heavy an “adversary” for police. On Wednesday two weeks ago, the East Java Regional Police Director of Criminal Investigations, Senior Commissioner Edi Supriyadi, signed a Letter of Order to Stop Investigation (SP3) into the Lapindo mudflow case that has now inundated 12 villages in East Java’s Sidoarjo regency. “The mudflow occurred

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