Leaving Well Enough Alone
Lapindo must bear the full cost of handling the disaster. The government will not reimburse them if there is evidence of negligence.
September 19, 2006
THE hot mud in Sidoarjo has reached a number of foreign mining companies. Since the issuance of a Presidential Decree on September 8 regarding the National Mudflow Disaster Management Team in Sidoarjo, mining interests are concerned that something similar might befall them in the future.
In was definitively mentioned in this decree that Lapindo Brantas Inc. must pay for all costs incurred by the team. With a number of ministers as its members, the
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