8 ASN Kemnaker Proven to Squeeze 20 Companies Rp130 Billion to Manage Temporary Work Permits

JAKARTA - A total of eight state civil servants (ASN) from the Ministry of Manpower have been proven to have extorted more than 20 agents and companies handling Foreign Manpower Utilization Plan (RPTKA) permits for Rp130.51 billion in the period 2017-2025.

Judge member Ida Ayu explained that the extortion was carried out so that the ratification of the RPTKA permit could be expedited.

"There are 1.14 million RPTKA approvals at the PPTKA Directorate of the Ministry of Manpower, of which 95 percent of them are given unofficial money in order to accelerate the process of RPTKA approval by PPTKA officials," said Judge Ida in the reading of the verdict by the panel of judges in the trial at the Tipikor Court at the Jakpus PN, Wednesday, April 22, reported by ANTARA.

The eight defendants in question, namely the Director General of Manpower Placement and Employment Expansion (Dirjen Binapenta and PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2020-2023, Suhartono, and three staff of the Directorate of Foreign Manpower Control (PPTKA) at the Directorate General of Binapenta and PKK of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2019-2024, namely Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad.

Furthermore, the Coordinator for the Feasibility Test of the 2020-2024 PPTKA Certification and Director of the 2024-2025 PPTKA Ministry of Manpower and Employment Devi Angraeni and Head of the Maritime and Agriculture Subdirectorate of the 2019-2021 Directorate General of Binapenta and PKK, as well as Coordinator for Foreign Labor Analysis and Control of the PPTKA Directorate of the 2021-2025 Binapenta and PKK Ministry of Manpower and Employment Gatot Widiartono.

Then, the Director General of Binapenta and PKK of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2024-2025, as well as the Director of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2019-2024, Haryanto, and the Director of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2017-2019, Wisnu Pramono.

For the provision of a certain amount of money to expedite the processing of the RPTKA permit, Judge Ida explained that the RPTKA agents and companies could benefit.

The reason is that the process of certifying their clients' RPTKA from the previous 7-14 days to less than 7 days, companies and agents can benefit from paying more for RPTKA processing services from user companies and increasing the number of clients.

Judge Ida said that in order to get an acceleration in the management of the RSPO, agents and agents can pay between IDR 800,000 and IDR 800,000 per RSPO.

"The payment was made both in cash and transfer," said Judge Ida.

In this case, a total of eight defendants have been sentenced to four to seven years in prison. In detail, Suhartono was sentenced to four years in prison along with Devi for 11 years in prison.

Furthermore, Putri, Jamal, and Alfa, were each sentenced to four years and six months in prison; Gatotenam years in prison; Wisnu six years and six months in prison; and Haryanto was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison.

The panel of judges also imposed a fine of Rp. 200 million with the provision that if it is not paid, it will be replaced (subsider) with a sentence of 80 days in prison for each of Suhartono and Devi.

Meanwhile, Putri, Jama, and Alfa were each given a fine of Rp300 million, with 100 days in prison, while Wisnu and Gatot were each given Rp350 million, with 110 days in prison. For Haryantodijatuhkan a fine of Rp500 million, with 140 days in prison.

Outside Suhartono, the seven defendants were also given additional sentences in the form of compensation money as compensation for the receipt, which included Devi for Rp3.25 billion subsider a year in prison; Alfa Rp5.24 billion subsider a year in prison and enambulan; and Putri Rp6.99 billion subsider two years in prison.

Likewise, Gatot was sentenced to an additional penalty of Rp9.48 billion, a two-year prison sentence; Jamal Rp23.52 billion, a two-year prison sentence and a prison sentence; Wisnu Rp23.77 billion, a three-year prison sentence; and Haryanto Rp40.72 billion, a four-year prison sentence.

For their actions, the defendants were found guilty of violating Article 12e Juncto Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) ke-1 Jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.