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It alleges that the IFC failed in its due diligence and supervision of Hana Bank Indonesia, which provided $56 million in project finance to the developer PT Indo Raya Tenaga despite being a pilot client for the IFC's Green Equity Approach. The complainants highlight deficiencies in the project's Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), including a lack of alternatives analysis, inadequate cumulative impact assessments, and failures in community consultation and displacement mitigation. 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