Land dispute
Restless Natives
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
A subsidiary of the Salim Group has been accused of misappropriating village land in Lampung. For New Order era businesses it seems to be rather a hard habit to break.
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An atmosphere of quiet pervades the village of Surabaya Ilir in Central Lampung. As night falls, the village is consumed by darkness. There is no light. A solitary oil lamp flickers in the house of village representative Abdul Gani, struggling to stay alight against the wind that blows through cracks in the walls. Last Thursday, a group of local residents gathered at Abdul's house, reminiscing about a time when they still had "luxuries" like kerosen...
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