KPK Investigate Extortion Money Shelter Accounts For TKA Permit Management

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating an account that allegedly houses money for extortion in the processing of foreign labor permits (TKA) by the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker).

Five witnesses were examined, including Muller Silalahi who was a staff of Muhaimin Iskandar when he served as Minister of Manpower and Transmigration (Menakertrans).

"Everything was investigated regarding the amount of money requests to foreign workers and the holding accounts used by the suspect," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement, Tuesday, June 17.

Budi said the five witnesses were questioned at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta on Monday, June 16.

Apart from Muller, those examined were Eden Nurjaman who is an entrepreneur; Jagamastra as a retired civil servant of the Ministry of Manpower; So Erikson Pandapotan Sinambela who is a Functional at the Directorate of Labor Norm Examination at the Directorate General of Manpower Binwasnaker & K3 Ministry of Manpower for the period 2023-2025; and Barkah Adi Santosa as President Director of PT Dienka Utama.

Previously reported, the KPK officially 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.

This case began when the order to extort the applicant was conveyed by Suhartono and Haryanto as former Director General of Binapenta and PKK of the Ministry of Manpower as well as two former Directors of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower Wisnu Pramono and Devi Angraeni. This request was later executed by Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad as verifiers.

The KPK called the mode by prioritizing foreign workers agents who gave money to take care of the Foreign Workers Use Plan (RPTKA) file. Meanwhile, those who did not give money were held back by the application were not even processed.