KPK Explores TKA Permit Extortion Tariffs At The Ministry Of Manpower, IDR 53.7 Billion Flows To Officials

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking for out how much money a foreign labor agency (TKA) has to pay, which takes care of permits at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker).

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said the investigation was carried out by examining three witnesses on Thursday, June 12.

Those who are being worked on by investigators are Erwin Yostinus, who is a freelancer for the management of the Foreign Workers Use Plan (RPTKA) at the Ministry of Manpower; Ety Nurhayati as operational staff of PT Indomonang Jadi; and Purwanto as operational staff of PT Dienka Utama. The inspection was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"The three of them were examined in relation to the amount of unofficial tariffs requested by the suspects so that the RPTKA management process was accelerated," Budi said in a written statement quoted on Friday, June 13.

In addition, investigators are also exploring other things from the three witnesses. Among them are the consequences experienced by foreign workers if they do not deposit money.

"What the suspects will do if the unofficial tariff money is not given by the foreign workers," said Budi.

Previously reported, the KPK officially announced eight suspects in the extortion case for the processing of foreign workers' permits (TKA) at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) for the 2019-2024 period.

Two of them were Suhartono and Haryanto who had served as Director General of Manpower Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities (Binapenta and PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower. They are suspected of having participated in the flow of extortion money from foreign workers whose value reached Rp53.7 billion.

Meanwhile, the other suspect is Wisnu Pramono as Director of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower; Devi Anggraeni as Coordinator of the PPTKA Feasibility Test for the period 2020-July 2024 then became Director of PPTKA for the period 2024-2025; Gatot Widiartono as Coordinator of Analysis and Control of Foreign Workers The Directorate of Control of the Use of Foreign Workers of the Ministry of Manpower; and Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad who are staff at the Directorate General of Binapenta and PPK.

This case began when the order to extort the applicant was conveyed by Suhartono and Haryanto as former Director General of Binapenta and PKK of the Ministry of Manpower as well as two former Directors of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower Wisnu Pramono and Devi Angraeni. This request was later executed by Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad as verifiers.

The KPK called the mode by prioritizing foreign workers agents who gave money to take care of the Foreign Workers Use Plan (RPTKA) file. Meanwhile, those who did not give money were held back by the application were not even processed.