The Bakrie Group of businesses is currently facing its second major test. Nine years ago, when a monetary crisis hit Indonesia, the Bakrie family lost many of their companies, and their stock in Bakrie Brothers dwindled to 2.5 percent. Now, after successfully repurchasing some of their stocks, Bakrie is sinking into the hot mud pit in their gas drilling concession area in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java.

This crisis began when hot mud started spewing