KPK Duga Tersangka Kasus Pengeksan TKA Raup Uang Hingga Rp53 M Sejak 2019-2024

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the suspect in the corruption case in the management of the Foreign Workers Use Plan (RPTKA) earned tens of billions of rupiah. This narrow practice is said to have occurred since 2019-2029 at the Directorate of Manpower Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities (Binapenta and PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker).

"This extortion has been going on since 2019. The results of the interim calculation show that the money collected from the proceeds of this crime is around Rp. 53 billion," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement quoted on Tuesday, May 27.

This money was then investigated by the flow of four witnesses who were summoned on Monday, May 26. They are Gatot Widiartono as Coordinator of Analysis and Control of the Use of Foreign Workers (PPTKA) from 2021-2025; Putri Citra Wahyoe as Hotline Officer of RPTKA for the period 2019-2024 and Verificator of Ratification of RPTKA at the Directorate of Foreign Labor Use Control (PPTKA) in 2024-2025.

Then Jamal Shodiqin was also examined as the TU Analyst of the Directorate for Controlling the Use of Foreign Workers at the Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia in 2019-2024 and the Introduction to Work for the First Expert of the Directorate of Control of the Use of Foreign Workers in 2024-2025 and Alfa Eshad, who is the Introduction to the Work of Young Experts at the Ministry of Manpower in 2018-2025.

The four witnesses who were examined, actually already have the status of suspects. However, official information has not been submitted by the KPK.

The VOI sources revealed that they were entangled with Haryanto and Suhartono as former Director General of Manpower Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities (Binapenta and PKK). Then also named as suspects, namely Wisnu Pramono who is the Director of the Directorate of Foreign Labor Licensing Control (PPTKA) for the 2017-2019 period.

Previously reported, the KPK is investigating allegations of corruption related to the placement of foreign workers or the management of the Plan for the Use of Foreign Workers (RPTKA). Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu said there was an allegation that there was an extortion of prospective foreign workers (TKA) who would work in Indonesia.

This extortion, continued Asep, was carried out by the Directorate General of Manpower Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities (Ditjen Binapenta and PKK).

"(The Ministry of Manpower at the Directorate General of Binapenta collects or forces someone to give something," Asep said when confirmed by reporters, Tuesday, May 20.

Asep said the suspects were suspected of violating Article 12e or Article 12b of the Anti-Corruption Law. The practice is alleged to have occurred for the period 2020-2023.

The search has been carried out at a number of locations in Jabodetabek on May 20-22. There were 11 cars and 2 motorbikes that were confiscated and have been transferred to the KPK Confiscated Property Storage House (Rupbasan), Cawang, South Jakarta on Monday, May 26.