Drowning in Lake Jakarta

February 12, 2002

Governor Sutiyoso is putting the blame on a lack of funds. "We weren't able to do anything [about the floods] because it would have needed a lot of money," he said when asked why the floods took the Jakarta local government by surprise even though they had already been predicted. This is a typical answer from a bureaucrat still stuck in the ways of the New Order. These people only do anything if the funds have been allocated, includ

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