SocietyExxonMobil Indonesia lawsuit heads for trial after 20 years
Villagers in Aceh say they were tortured by 'Exxon Army' hired by gas plant
Indonesian soldiers patrol in an armored fighting vehicle at the ExxonMobil Arun natural gas field near Lhokseumawe, in Indonesia's Aceh Province, in April 2001. © AP
AISYAH LLEWELLYN, Contributing writer
December 31, 2021 14:07 JST
MEDAN, Indonesia -- In court papers filed in the case of John Doe v. ExxonMobil Corporation, villagers recount in harrowing detail how they and their family members were caught and tortured in and around an ExxonMobil gas plant in Indonesia's Aceh Province.