AN independent investigation into potential damage in Indonesia from the Montara oil spill is long overdue, and should be funded by the company responsible, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) says.
THE Indonesian government this week gave its support to a West Timor-based advocacy group to negotiate with the Australian government and Thai company PTTEP for a study into a string of complaints in Timor Sea communities.
PTTEP Australasia says it has always cooperated with the Indonesian government and will continue to do so.An ALA delegation last year travelled to West Timor where they met people who witnessed oil and dispersant in their seas following the 2009 disaster.Spokeswoman Emily Mitchell says that in some communities annual income from the fishing and seaweed industries is less than one per cent of what it was before the spill.Families dependant on the sea are destitute and some people are suffering from health complaints that emerged after the spill.The ALA says the evidence is strong enough to require a full and transparent study.Following the Montara Commission of Inquiry, there has been no effort made to follow the oil," Ms Mitchell said."Now is the time for the oil company responsible to fund an appropriate study."How much oil flowed into the sea over the 10-week emergency, and how much entered Indonesian waters, is debated.PTTEP Australasia says it was 4.5 million litres and points to research that found 98 per cent of Montara oil stayed in Australian waters.Other estimates put the quantity of oil as high as 20 million litres, and the Montara Commission of Inquiry found that oil entered Indonesia and East Timor waters to a "significant degree".Indonesia's transport minister and leaders of an East Timor community are behind the new push for research led by the West Timor Care Foundation, which hopes to meet with the Australian government soon.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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