Indonesian government poised to sue over Montara oil spill

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated October 14 2015 - 1:13pm, first published 12:44pm
A seaweed farmer from the Indonesian island of Rote, where locals say their fish stocks and seaweed crops were devastated after the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
A seaweed farmer from the Indonesian island of Rote, where locals say their fish stocks and seaweed crops were devastated after the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Dead seaweed on Tablolong beach, Kupang, in August 2013. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
Dead seaweed on Tablolong beach, Kupang, in August 2013. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
The hands of a local resident in Tablolong in August, 2013. People in the region complain of itchy skin conditions, possibly connected to the spill. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
The hands of a local resident in Tablolong in August, 2013. People in the region complain of itchy skin conditions, possibly connected to the spill. Photo: Australian Lawyers Alliance
A West Timor local resident shows a neck cyst in 2011.  Photo: West Timor Care Foundation
A West Timor local resident shows a neck cyst in 2011. Photo: West Timor Care Foundation

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