Two foreign workers killed in Indonesia’s high-speed railway project incident

High-speed rail construction workers working next to the wagons in Bandung on Oct 4, 2022. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Already beset by a ballooning budget and missed deadlines, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project suffers another roadblock as a work train involved with the project careened off the railway, killing two foreign technical workers and injuring several others on Sunday (Dec 18 evening.

PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) corporate secretary Rahadian Ratry confirmed that the incident occurred around 5pm on Sunday in Cempaka Mekar village, Padalarang, West Bandung regency, West Java.