Controversy Around the Fakfak Fertilizer Project

The plan to develop a fertilizer industrial estate in Fakfak has been problematic from the outset. It is laden with conflicts of interest.

Praga Utama

January 19, 2026

THE Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) concluded that the plan to build the Fakfak Fertilizer Industrial Zone in West Papua was not feasible to continue. An audit of state-owned fertilizer holding Pupuk Indonesia covering fiscal years 2022, 2023, and the first half of 2024, which was released in December 2025, identified a series of problems. Among them was the potential for investment cost overruns totaling up to Rp2.96 trillion (about US$177 milli

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