Aiding and Abetting a Natural Disaster
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
The deluge in late January inflicted losses worth trillions of rupiah. The well-off have insured their property but who will compensate for the losses sustained by the have-nots?
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For two weeks now Herlina has been unable to sell her wares at the Cipulir Market, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. A vendor of women’s underwear, she has been able only to remove mud from her 18-square-meter kiosk. Patiently, she cleans up the wares she can save. “If they’re still in acceptable condition, I’ll sell them; otherwise I’ll just throw them away,” she said sadly.
Herlina can only calculate her losse
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