Jakarta: Indonesia's government will take over a controlling stake in the company operating a $7.3 billion China-funded high-speed railway, its finance minister and a senior official with sovereign wealth fund Danantara said.
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said at a joint press conference with Danantara on Wednesday that he will appoint an agency under his ministry to take over a 60% stake in PT KCIC, the company that operates the bullet train. The value of the stake was not disclosed.