KPK suspects former Minister of Social Affairs Hanif Dhakiri knows the extortion practice of managing RPTKA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that former Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Hanif Dhakiri knew about the extortion practice of managing the foreign labor utilization plan (RPTKA) which ensnared a number of parties in the Ministry of Manpower, including the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower Heri Sudarmanto.

This was conveyed by KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo when asked about the plan to summon Hanif Dhakiri who served as the Minister of Home Affairs for the 2014-2019 period as a witness to investigate the alleged extortion.

"We suspect that this practice (extortion of RPTKA management, ed) has been going on since the previous era so that investigators need to delve into those who can provide information about it. For example, HS who has also been named a suspect in this case," said Budi when confirmed via text message, Friday, January 30.

Even so, Budi has not specified when the summons will be made. He only confirmed that this extortion allegation would be investigated by Hanif when the examination was carried out.

Hanif was actually going to be examined on Friday last week, January 23. However, the schedule was only communicated when the National Awakening Party (PKB) politician was not present and the re-summoning would be carried out by investigators.

"(It will be investigated, ed) related to the practice and mechanism of handling RPTKA at that time," said Budi.

As previously reported, the KPK developed a case of extortion for handling RPTKA permits at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker). Heri Sudarmanto as the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower was named a suspect based on an investigation order (sprindik) issued in October 2025.

He is suspected of enjoying extortion money since serving as the Director of PPTKA for the period 2010-2015; Director General of Binapenta for the period 2015-2017, Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2017-2018, and the Main Function 2018-2023 then continued after he retired.

After the determination of the suspect, the KPK also seized assets belonging to Heri which were allegedly named by other people. Among them are land in Central Java to the 2024 Toyota Innova Zenix.

In this case, the KPK has previously named eight suspects and now they have status as defendants because they are undergoing trial. Two of them are Suhartono and Haryanto who served as Director General of Manpower Placement and Employment Expansion (Binapenta and PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower.

They are suspected of feeling the flow of extortion money from the TKA agent, which amounted to Rp53.7 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.