Government appoints ITC to audit KAI

Government appoints ITC to audit KAI

Debbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The government has appointed Indonesia Transportation Club (ITC)
as an independent party to audit the operations and safety
standards applied by state train company PT Kereta Api Indonesia
(KAI), ITC director Dadan Irawan Sarpingi said on Tuesday.

"Based on a ministerial decree issued by the Office of the
State Ministry of State Enterprises on Feb. 6, ITC is appointed
as an independent auditor for KAI's operational and safety
matters," Dadan was quoted by Antara as saying.

The move followed a fatal train collision in December last
year that killed around 50 people. The accident prompted KAI's
top officials to resign.

Dadan said that the audit process would involve a team of
transportation experts and academics from Jakarta and Bandung,
West Java.

He added that data-gathering was expected to be completed
within two months.

Elsewhere, Antara said that the government was expected to
appoint KAI's new board of directors on Wednesday.

The government completed a fit-and-proper test on 24
candidates last month.

There has been speculation that former KAI business
development director would be appointed as the new president of
the company.