Sulawesi

CACONG sold a plot of land to the Barru Regency Government in South Sulawesi three years ago. The land was required for the Trans Sulawesi railway that will run from Makassar to Parepare. He had to sell half of his 4,000 square meters of land. "Sometimes I regret selling it," he said.

Now he can only look at it from a distance. In mid-September, the 69 year-old could not take his eyes off the two excavators digging up soil from the hills