JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has examined Angga Prasetyo Ali Saputra as the state civil apparatus (ASN) of the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections. He was questioned about the issuance of residence permits and visas for foreign workers (TKA).
Meanwhile, Angga was examined as a witness regarding the alleged extortion of permits for foreign workers at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) on Wednesday, July 30. This request for information was made at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.
"KPK then examined officials from immigration to see, explored the mechanism for the flow related to the issuance of visas, related to the residence permit of a foreign worker in Indonesia," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted on Thursday, July 31.
Budi said that foreign workers who want to work need completeness in the form of residence permits. So, investigators feel that they are doing an in-depth investigation.
"So as we understand, yes, when foreign workers want to work in Indonesia, of course, apart from the need for a plan to use foreign workers (RPTKA) issued by the Ministry of Manpower, they also need visas and residence permits," he said.
"Well, we are exploring what the path is like, yes, the processes," continued Budi.
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:
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.
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