THE Bakrie family are being pressured to compensate the losses incurred in the East Java mudflow disaster. The thousands of cubic meters of hot mud that buried three villages, left dozens of hectares of rice fields destroyed, forced several factories to close and thousands of residents to evacuate, came from Lapindo Brantas Inc.'s improper drilling activities. The drilling contractor is Alton Intl. Indonesia, a subsidiary of Alton Intl. Singapore. A careful investigation reveals that both Lapindo and Alton have a connection to the Bakrie family...

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Lapindo Mudflow , Aburizal Bakrie ,