Bandung Breakthrough
For the first time ever an Indonesian court has granted an environmental class action lawsuit.
September 16, 2003
IYUM, a resident of Mandalasari Village in Garut, West Java shed tears of relief during the judicial panel's reading of its verdict over an environmental lawsuit launched by the residents of Garut against PT Perhutani Unit V, West Java, the West Java Forestry Department, the Garut District Government and the West Java Provincial Government at the Bandung District Court. Last Thursday, judicial panel chair Dedi Sobandi ordered the joint-defendan
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