Luqman Hakim Ex Staffus Hanif Dhabiri Irit Talks After Being Examined By The KPK Regarding The Extortion Of Foreign Workers' Permits

Former Special Staff of Mengiri Manpower 2014-2019 Hanif Dhakiri, Luqman Hakim. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Former Special Staff of the 2014-2019 Manpower Office Hanif Dharmakiri, Luqman Hakim, was economical after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, July 16.

Pantauan di lapangan, Luqman keluar dari gedung Merah Putih KPK, Kuningan Persada, Jakarta Selatan pada pukul 12.05 WIB. Ia diperiksa sebagai saksi kasus pemerasan pengurusan izin tenaga asing (TKA) di Kementerian Ketenagakeran (Kemnaker).

"Essentially, as a citizen called by the KPK, I came, I want to be a good citizen. For the matter of what is asked and others, please ask the investigator, that is the investigator's authority," Luqman told reporters.

Luqman also made the same statement when he was asked whether there was a flow of money from the extortion of foreign workers. "That's to investigators, to investigators," he said.

Apart from Luqman, the KPK also examined Caswiyono Rusydie Cakrawangsa and Risharyudi Triwibowo who were former special staff of Ida Fauziyah while serving as Minister of Manpower for the 2019-2024 period. However, the examination material studied for the special staff has not been detailed.

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.