Word: exxonmobils
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...There is no evidence that ExxonMobil's senior executives have ever witnessed an atrocity in Aceh (they deny having done so) and the company has no command authority over the soldiers who protect it. In addition, all of the property and equipment that it uses is technically owned by Pertamina, Indonesia's state-owned oil monopoly, which is the controlling partner in a production sharing contract with ExxonMobil. But Terry Collingsworth, the ilrf's lead lawyer, is confident that the American company can be held liable. "All we need to show is that its executives knew what was going...
...Whether or not ExxonMobil has approached the government, it does have leverage. Facing revenue losses of around $100 million a month after the company recently suspended operations, the Indonesian government promised to restore order swiftly. The troops at A-13 were put on high alert and in May, Jakarta dispatched 2,000 more soldiers to ExxonMobil's gas sites. Among them were the feared Kopassus, or Special Forces, responsible for much of the mayhem in East Timor before it gained independence in 1999. According to Lieut. Colonel Sadharun Nandio, spokesman for the Aceh Security Restoration Operation: "The decision...
...troops have performed their duty energetically. According to locals, riding a bicycle or oxcart on the street in front of ExxonMobil's facilities has become a deadly game of dodge-bullet, with soldiers taking potshots at just about anybody who moves. Those who pass at the wrong time of day are sometimes dragged into ExxonMobil's warehouses and taught a lesson. New military camps have been established at 500-m intervals along the company's pipeline. By night, troops from these camps go to nearby settlements in search of food, women and (sometimes) rebels. If they don't find what...
...ExxonMobil's private security guards?the guys in the white uniforms?man their posts side-by-side with Indonesian soldiers. If they have anything bad to say about the new troops, they aren't talking. All questions are referred to the local army commander...
...ExxonMobil's senior executives are not bad people. Bukit Indah's setup shows they care about their employees. If they have to be in a place with a war, employees have to be kept safe?and that means depending on the army. They are required by their contract with the government to fund the troops?they have even made sure there is a clause that prohibits the soldiers from conducting any offensive operations in the field. ExxonMobil no doubt thinks it has done all it can do in a difficult spot...