KPK Will Pursue Assets From Money For Extortion Of Foreign Workers' Permits At The Ministry Of Manpower

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

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will trace assets related to allegations of extortion related to the processing of permits for foreign workers (TKA) at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker). This process is carried out in an ongoing investigation.

"So every asset or money allegedly sourced from alleged corruption, especially related to extortion in the management of foreign workers at the Ministry of Manpower, everything was tracked down, traced," said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted on Thursday, July 24.

The KPK, continued Budi, will also confiscate the assets. "(So, red) we can be even more optimal in the recovery of state finances," he said.

As for this case, the KPK has just confiscated Harley Davidson from the former special staff of Ida Fauziyah while serving as Minister of Manpower, Risharyudi Triwibowo. The big motorbike is already at the State Confiscated Object Storage House (Rupbasan) of the KPK, Jalan Dewi Sartika, Cawang, East Jakarta after being brought by investigators on July 21 yesterday.

In addition, investigators have also confiscated 13 vehicles with details of 11 cars and 2 motorbikes. Then, forced efforts were made against the assets of the suspects in this case with details:

1. From the suspect WP in the form of 4 plots of land and buildings with a total area of 2,694 m2 located in Bekasi Regency, West Java;

2. From the suspect HY in the form of 2 plots of land along with buildings covering an area of 227 m2 and 2 plots of land with an area of 182 m2 located in Depok City, West Java;

3. From the suspect DA in the form of a plot of land covering an area of 802 m2 in Cianjur Regency, West Java as well as a plot of land and building covering an area of 72 m2 in Depok City, West Java;

4. From the GTW suspect in the form of 2 plots of land and buildings located in South Jakarta City covering an area of 188 m2;

5. From the suspect PCW in the form of 2 plots of land covering an area of 244 m2 located in Bekasi City, West Java, and 3 plots of land along with buildings with an area of 172 m2 in South Jakarta City; and

6. From the suspect JS in the form of 9 plots of land with a total area of 20,114 m2 located in Karanganyar, Central Java.

Previously reported, the KPK previously 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.