July 7, 2012

The Lapindo(s) Beauty Spa

The "Lapindo(s) Beauty Spa" as it is jokingly called, referring to the massive Lapindo mud flow disaster in East Java blamed on drilling by a company linked to Golkar Party chairperson and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie (right), continues to dog his 2014 presidential ambitions with two victims receiving widespread media coverage as they near the end of a 25-day journey on foot to Jakarta from their home in Sidoarjo to raise awareness of the plight of people from his village, which was buried by the mudflow in 2006 but have yet to receive compensation.

Kompas - July 7, 2012