Business Victims Speak Out

It has been seven years since the Sidoardjo mudflow, and gas company Lapindo has yet to compensate affected business owners.

May 14, 2013

CARTONS and piles of wood are neatly laid out on the left corner of the headquarters of watchmaker Catur Putra Surya (CPS) on Jalan Rungkut Industri III in Surabaya, East Java. A huge wall clock is built into the front of the building. At a glance, it looks like decoration. In fact it is the company's logo.

Located on four hectares of land in Porong subdistrict, Sidoardjo regency, CPS was buried in the mudflow that erupted seven years ago. In 199

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