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Indonesia’s anti-graft agency pushes ahead with probe into Whoosh high-speed rail
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Whoosh had been under scrutiny even before it began operations in 2023, with critics citing cost overruns, mounting debt.
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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) probe into alleged corruption in the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway Whoosh is proceeding apace after President Prabowo Subianto reassured the public about having “no major problems” with the project’s lingering debt.
The preliminary investigation, which began earlier in 2025, is still ongoing and aims to determine whether any criminal acts of corruption occurred in the project, said KPK deputy chairman Johanis Tanak, adding that investigators were still gathering evidence.
