Blaming Bakrie

June 27, 2006

AN accident last week caused almost 5,000 people to flee from their homes in Sidoarjo, East Java. Flowing hot and malodorous mud covering more than 100 hectares of land, has flooded the homes and villages of the local population, and led to the closure of the Porong-Gempol toll road. The human and material costs incurred cannot be ascertained as yet, but one estimate chalks it up to Rp300 billion. The next question is: who will bear this monument

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