The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Suspects That There Are Parties Who Claim To Be Able To Handle TKA Extortion Cases

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said there were parties who claimed to be able to handle extortion cases related to the Plan to Use Foreign Workers (RPTKA). This figure is Bayu Widodo Sugiarto who has been questioned at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta on Friday, October 24.

"Regarding the examination of the witness concerned, it was investigated with the alleged flow of money from the Ministry of Manpower to the witness in question," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Tuesday, October 28.

Bayu said that Budi did not only carry out his actions this time. From the search, the name is suspected of extorting Mindo Rosalina Manulang as Marketing Director of PT Anak Negeri amounting to Rp1 billion in 2011 in the bribery case for the construction of the SEA Games athlete's guesthouse in Palembang, South Sumatra involving M. Nazaruddin, a former Democratic Party General Treasurer.

Still from a number of media, Bayu at that time claimed to be a KPK investigator. Later, Rosa was still arrested by the anti-corruption commission even though she had given security money.

"Allegedly like that (there is the same mode between the Mindo Rosalina incident and the RPTKA case, ed). ... investigators are also still investigating information and information from other parties," said Budi.

In the future, Budi hopes that people will not believe the claims that anyone can take care of the case at the KPK. Because, every action against the alleged riot must have a mechanism.

"KPK always urges the entire community to always be careful of fraudulent modes, extortion modes on behalf of the KPK or on the pretext of being able to take care of cases," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK 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.

From this case, the KPK has confiscated Harley Davidson from the former special staff of Ida Fauziyah while serving as Minister of Manpower, Risharyudi Triwibowo. The big motorbike was already at the KPK Confiscated Property Storage House (Rupbasan), Jalan Dewi Sartika, Cawang, East Jakarta after being brought by investigators on July 21.

In addition, investigators have also confiscated several other assets, including Haryanto's house and rented house.

The confiscated rented assets are in the Cimanggis area, Depok, West Java. Meanwhile, the houses are in the Sentul area, Bogor Regency, West Java.