KPK Summons 4 Suspects In The TKA Extortion Case At The Ministry Of Manpower, Will They Be Detained?

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned four of the eight suspects suspected of extortion related to the processing of permits for foreign workers (TKA) today, July 17.

Two of them are Suhartono and Haryanto who are former Director General of Manpower Placement and Employment Expansion (Binapenta & PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker).

"The investigation was carried out at the KPK's Red and White building," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement, Thursday, July 17.

Apart from Suhartono and Haryanto, the other two suspects summoned were Wisnu Pramono as Director of PPTKA of the Ministry of Manpower in 2017-2019 and Devi Anggraeni who is the Director of PPTKA for the period 2024-2025. The four of them have arrived at the anti-corruption commission office and are undergoing examination.

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.