Given the history of the TNI (Indonesian military) in the region it seems highly unlikely that local communities and workers will Teature foremost in their reconstruction effort.
The TNI is institutionally corrupt. It receives two thirds of its income from its own private enterprises. A conservative estimate by an Indonesian government inquiry in 1999 estimated that 30004000 people had been murdered by the TNI in Aceh in its attempts to suppress the independence struggle since 1990. Exxon-Mobile's natural gas production in Aceh. Exxon-Mobile is currently being sued for damages in the US for the torture of villagers on Exxon-Mobile property in Ace by the TNI. Exxon's revenues from natural gas in Aceh over the last 10 years exceed US$40 billion. following the tsunami. The TNI has refused to reciprocate until GAM drops their demand for independence. a demonstration in 1999 of 1 million people, a quarter of the population of Aceh.
The TNI have allocated only half the troops in Aceh to relief work while Australia has 900-1000 troops in Aceh. The TNI receives US$6 million per year for providing "security" to The Free Aceh Moverent or GAM has called a unilateral ceasefire The demand for a referendum on independence was supported by