The Karaha Mark-Up

The police are questioning dozens of people in connectionwith the Karaha Bodas project, a geothermal project thatwas allegedly marked up by nearly US$20 million. A number of government officials are also said to be involved, and Pertamina has been slow to respond.

August 6, 2002

Robert McCutchen is ill at ease. This 70-year-old grandfather who has spent half his life in Indonesia, was recently visited by police officers investigating the alleged mark-up of the Karaha Bodas project. Robert, who goes by the nickname Bob, was once a senior consultant to the doomed geothermal project. He explains that initially the police, in a statement to his lawyer, asked about the feasibility of completing the Karaha project as plann

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