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The Jakarta Post, 1/22/2007 4:45:19 PM

Lapindo faces class action sue

JAKARTA (Antara): PT Lapindo Brantas Inc faces class action by thousands of victims of mudflow in company's gas field in Porong district, Sidoarjo regency, East Java.

"We will soon submit a class action sue against Lapindo Brantas after victims of hot mudflow are ready," said Taufik Basari, coordinator of an advocate team for the mudflow victims Monday.

Taufik stressed that Lapindo is responsible for the misery of thousands of people, who were affected by the mudflow since eight months ago.

Some 10,000 people from several villages in Sidoarjo regency have to flee their houses, who have been buried by mud flowing from Lapindo's gas field. All efforts to stop the mudflow is not so successful so far.

Previously, the team has submitted legal standing against Lapindo and the government. A legal standing is a a legal mechanism carried out by an organization.

Lapindo lawyer S. Jurnalis said that his client has a strong commitment to help mudflow victims. He said that the company has spent some US$100 million to compensate people affected by the mudflow.

According to Jurnalis, his client could not be blamed over the incident because it is a natural phenomenon.

A number of organizations involved in the advocacy team of mudflow victims are YLBHI, Walhi Indonesia, HUMA, ELSAM, JATAM, AMAN, ICEL, LBH Jakarta, Walhi Jawa Timur. (**)

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