DESPITE the chaos at Tanjung Uma, PT Ekamas director Harry R. Sudarsono, 46, remains good-humored about the situation. In a special interview in mid-October, he clarified the causes of the stalled construction project in that area. However, Sudarsono, an alumni of the Bandung Institute of Technology denied any wrongdoing by his company. I have already appropriated the land and paid money to release them, he said.

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