Kotopanjang Dam
The Elephants Graveyard
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
Around 17,000 victims of Sumatras bungled Kotopanjang dam project plan to sue the Japanese government, having tried and failed to get justice in Indonesia.
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ITS a humid evening on the slopes of Kotopanjang Reservoir. Dozens of men sit in rows beneath the rubber trees. They are waiting for the beams of cut wood taken by raft from the forests on the sides of the reservoir. When the raft draws near, they snatch away at it, drag the wood off, carry it shoulder-high, then lift it onto the back of the truck waiting on the side of the road.
In one day I at most earn Rp5,000, said Syarifudin, 53, a white-hair
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