We would like to clarify the article in TEMPO edition 11-17 September 2000, titled "Jafar’s Murky Death". In our recollection, we were never contacted by Jafar or his organization. We also were not aware of any effort to bring this company to court in the US.

As a company that has been doing business in Indonesia for 30 years, we were greatly disturbed by the ongoing violence in North Aceh. The violence and law-breaking taking place there ar