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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Vic <victor_speran...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Three Years After Eruption, Victims of Indonesian Mud Volcano Await > Compensation > By Solenn Honorine > Jakarta > 29 May 2009 > > Three years ago, burning gray mud erupted from the earth, in the Sidoarjo > region of the Indonesian island of Java. Since then, the mud volcano has > forced 12,000 families to flee their homes. A drilling company is accused of > triggering the eruption, but some victims of the volcano are still waiting > compensation for their lost property. > > A year ago, Lilik Kaminah and her two children were living in a scant 10 > square-meter stall in a deserted market place, together with 600 other > families who had fled the burning mud flow. She called it a tragedy: she > lost her land, her house, all of her life savings. > > Still waiting > > A year later, not much has changed in her life. > > In a telephone interview, Lilik explains that she is still waiting for most > of the compensation she is entitled to for her lost property. She says the > money is the only way for her to start rebuilding her life. > > The volcano has swallowed villages and farms, leaving more than 40,000 > people homeless. > > Lapindo is an Indonesian oil and gas company that was drilling near the > epicenter of the volcano. Some geology experts say its drilling may have > caused the eruption. Lapindo says the volcano was triggered by an earthquake > and denies any responsibility for the disaster. Still, the company has > promised to compensate its victims. > > But the global economic crisis hit the Bakrie conglomerate, which owns > Lapindo. Yuniwati, a Lapindo representative, says that total payments should > be made by 2010. > > "We have the intention to settle everything by June [2010]," Yuniwati said, > "but unfortunately at this moment we have a global crisis. If it [the > compensation] was only borne by Lapindo itself, it would be impossible. > That's why Bakrie helps Lapindo." > > Court decision deals blow to victims > > This week, Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit claiming that > Lapindo and government officials were to blame for the disaster and failed > to fully compensate the victims. > > Victims of the mud volcano have no hope of returning to their land. It lies > under a huge lake of mud that sprawls 640 hectares - twice the size of New > York's Central Park - and is still growing. > > Sumarsono heads the Indonesian government's mud flow mitigation team. He > says that there is no way to predict when the volcano will stop gushing. > Some have been active for decades. > > For now, victims from the mud volcano are organizing demonstrations to > demand their compensation money. For them, it is the only way to get new > land, new homes, and their lives back on track. > > > http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-29-voa13.cfm > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > + + > + + + + + > Mohon saat meREPLY posting, text dari posting lama dihapus > kecuali diperlukan agar CONTEXTnya jelas. > + + + + + > + +Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
