In TEMPO's The Fight for Kutai's Coal article (July 17) it said that I was concerned about the East Kalimantan Regional Government's control over KPC. This is untrue.

In my meeting with East Kalimantan Governor Maj. Gen. Suwarna Abdul Fatah and members of the regional council on 21 May 2001, I never expressed my view on the sale of 51 percent of KPC's shares, and whether it should be purchased by a single company or more. I only said that I could u