KPK Summons Former Director General Of The Ministry Of Manpower Maruli Hasoloan Regarding Allegations Of Extortion Of Foreign Workers' Permits

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned former Director General of Binapenta and PKK of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) Maruli Hasoloan today, December 1.

He was summoned in connection with the alleged extortion of obtaining permits for the Use of Foreign Workers (RPTKA).

"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo in a written statement, Monday, December 1.

Apart from Maruli, the anti-corruption commission also summoned Rahmawati as the Director of PPTKA in 2015-2017 and Ria Sudiyastuti as the housewife. However, Budi has not yet detailed the examination material for the three.

"KPK has scheduled witness examinations related to alleged corruption in the form of extortion in the management of the planned use of foreign workers (RPTKA) within the Ministry of Manpower," 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.

Next, the KPK developed this case by ensnaring the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower Heri Sudarmanto as the ninth suspect. The determination of the legal status is based on an investigation warrant (sprindik) issued in October.