ASN Ministry Of Immigration And Corrections Summoned By KPK Regarding The TKA Extortion Case At The Ministry Of Manpower

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined Angga Prasetya Ali Saputra as the state civil apparatus (ASN) of the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections today. He was worked on as a witness to the alleged extortion of foreign labor permits (TKA) at the Ministry of Manpower.

"The investigation was carried out at the KPK's Red and White building," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters, Wednesday, July 30.

In addition, investigators also examined Lina Ayu Handayani who is the Director of PT Batara Sukses Maju. "KPK has scheduled an examination of witnesses suspected of corruption related to the management of a plan to use foreign workers (TKA) at the Ministry of Manpower," explained Budi.

Angga arrived at the KPK office at around 10:00 WIB. Meanwhile, Lina Ayu, based on the information obtained, was not present.

The KPK confirmed that it would summon all parties suspected of knowing the practice of extortion. Budi once stated that investigators must have moved to explore the process of entering foreign workers in Indonesia.

"The KPK will certainly see how the series of entry into foreign workers in Indonesia will be used as instructions for investigators in exploring and tracing the construction of this case as a whole," Budi told reporters on May 29.

Previously reported, the KPK has detained eight suspects suspected of extorting 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.

The following are the details of the receipt of extortion money carried out by the suspects:

1. Suhartono received IDR 460 million; 2. Haryanto received IDR 18 billion;3. Wisnu Pramono received IDR 580 million; 4. Devi Anggraeni received IDR 2.3 billion; 5. Gatot Widiarto received IDR 6.3 billion; 6. Putri Citra Wahyo received IDR 13.9 billion; 7. Alfa Eshad received IDR 1.8 billion; and 8. Jamal Shodiqin received IDR 1.1 billion.

Then there was money distributed to almost all employees at the PPTAK Directorate and referred to as two-weekly money. The nominal is said to reach Rp. 8.94 billion.