Former Director General Of The Ministry Of Manpower Suhartono And Haryanto Detained By The KPK Regarding The Extortion Of Foreign Workers' Permits

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained four suspects suspected of extorting foreign workers' permits (TKA) at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) today.

The two wearing orange vests were Suhartono and Haryanto as former Director General of Manpower Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities (Binapenta & PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker).

From observations in the field, the four suspects in this case were investigated at 18.25 WIB. They have been questioned since this morning at around 10.00 WIB.

"Today, the KPK has detained four suspects out of a total of eight suspects who have been named," said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

Apart from Suhartono and Haryanto, Wisnu Pramono as Director of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower in 2017-2019 and Devi Anggraeni who is the Director of PPTKA for the period 2024-2025. "Detained for the first 20 days at the KPK Detention Center," said Setyo.

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 and 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 mode of extortion is called the KPK by prioritizing foreign workers who give money to take care of the Foreign Workers Use Plan (RPTKA) file. Meanwhile, those who did not give money were asked for their applications and not even processed.