Almost seven years after an oil spill near cook Island in Indonesia , local farmers in the region are calling on Australian Attorney firm op Brandis to speed up the AUD200 m ( $ 158 million ) class - action lawsuit launched in August last year . Thousands of seaweed farmers from East Nusa ##ra , one of Indonesia 's poorest regions , said their industry has been devastated by the oil spill .
Almost seven years after an oil spill near Semau Island in Indonesia, seaweed farmers in the region are calling on Australian Attorney General George Brandis to speed up the AUD200m ($158m) class-action lawsuit launched in August last year. Thousands of seaweed farmers from East Nusa Tenggara, one of Indonesia's poorest regions, said their industry has been devastated by the oil spill.