KPK to Call Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower Heri Sudarmanto a Suspect in the Persecution of the TKA Permit

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that it will summon the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) Heri Sudarmanto in the near future. He is a new suspect in the extortion case for handling the Foreign Manpower Utilization Plan (RPTKA) for the period 2019-2024.

"Of course, later the investigators will summon HS's brother for an examination," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters, Tuesday, January 6.

Even so, Budi has not yet informed when the summons for Heru will be carried out. He only said that investigators were still collecting information from witnesses to prove the actions of the former Ministry of Manpower official.

"In the development of this case, investigators will certainly also request information from a number of other witnesses," he said.

For information, the KPK announced that it had named Heri Sudarmanto as the Director of PPTKA in 2010-2015, the Director General (Dirjen) of Binapenta and PKK in 2015-2017, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower in 2017-2018 as new suspects. This status was conveyed to the public on October 29, 2025.

After the status announcement was made, investigators then searched Heri's house on October 30, 2025. From the forced attempt, a number of documents and 1 unit of car were found.

In this case, the KPK has previously named eight suspects. Two of them are Suhartono and Haryanto who had served as the Director General of Manpower Placement and Employment Expansion (Binapenta and PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower who allegedly felt the flow of extortion money from TKA agents up to Rp. 53.7 billion.

Meanwhile, for the other suspects are Wisnu Pramono as the Director of PPTKA Kemnaker; Devi Anggraeni as the Coordinator of the PPTKA Eligibility Test period 2020-July 2024 then became the Director of PPTKA period 2024-2025; Gatot Widiartono as the Coordinator of the Foreign Labor Analysis and Control Directorate of the Foreign Labor Control Directorate 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.

The eight people are now undergoing trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court.