JAKARTA: A string of fatal accidents is threatening to derail Indonesia’s relentless infrastructure drive ahead of the Asian Games, a push seen as a key to revving up growth in South-East Asia’s biggest economy.
President Joko Widodo – who is counting on the construction advance for his 2019 re-election bid – temporarily halted all elevated transportation projects, after a dozen major accidents killed five and injured dozens more in recent months.
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