Bumi board spats escalate

Financier Nat Rothchild has resigned from the board of the London-listed Indonesian coal miner Bumi.

Financier Nat Rothschild has abruptly resigned from the board of Bumi, the coal mining group he helped create and float last year. He objected to a plan whereby the Bakrie family, 29% owners of Bumi subsidiary Bumi Resources, would end their association with the struggling group by buying Bumi's assets.

Rothschild said this was unacceptable while an investigation into possible financial shenanigans at Bumi Resources continued.

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