The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Is Looking For A Flow Of Money From TKA Licensing To The Minister Of Manpower's Staff
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the alleged flow of extortion money related to the processing of foreign labor permits (TKA) to the special staff of the Minister of Manpower (Kemnaker).
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said this material was investigated by examining Luqman Hakim as special staff for Hanif Dharmaki who had served as Minister of Manpower on Tuesday, June 17. Requests for information were made at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.
"Investigators are investigating allegations of a flow of funds from the suspects to the Ministry of Manpower's special staff," Budi said in a written statement quoted on Wednesday, June 18.
In this case, KPK investigators have also examined two Special Staff Ida Fauziyah who served as Minister of Manpower for the 2019-2024 period, Caswiyono Rusydie Cakrawangsa and Risharyudi Triwibowo. They are also investigated about the flow of money from extortion.
The KPK is reportedly continuing to investigate the flow of extortion money. Information from VOI sources said that KPK investigators had sniffed out the role of the special staff (stafsus) of the Minister of Manpower (Kemnaker) for the 2019-2024 period in this case.
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.
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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.