JAKARTA - Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Agus Andrianto respects the investigation into the alleged extortion of foreign workers (TKA) at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
In handling the case, the KPK has examined several State Civil Apparatus (ASN) at the Directorate General of Immigration.
"Yes, yes, they are carrying out the legal process related to the workforce. So we have to support the process," Agus told reporters, Monday, August 4.
It is known that the two ASN Directorate General of Immigration examined were Renra Hata Galih and Yuris Setiawan, Thursday, July 31. They are said to be in charge of the visa section.
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo stated that investigators are investigating whether or not the management of residence permits or visas for foreign workers who take care of work permits in the country is necessary. He made this statement when he was asked about the examination of Angga Prasetyo Ali Saputra as an ASN of the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections on Thursday, July 30.
"KPK then examined the immigration authorities to see, explore how the flow mechanism related to the issuance of visas, related to the residence permit of a foreign worker in Indonesia," said Budi.
"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. Well, we explore what the path is, yes, the processes," he continued.
In this case, 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.
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The following are the details of the receipt of extortion money carried out by the suspects:
Suhartono received IDR 460 million;
Haryanto received IDR 18 billion;
Wisnu Pramono received IDR 580 million;
Devi Anggraeni received IDR 2.3 billion;
Gatot Widiarto received Rp6.3 billion;
Putri Citra Wahyoe received Rp13.9 billion;
Alfa Eshad received IDR 1.8 billion; and
Jamal Shodiqin received Rp1.1 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 Rp8.94 billion.
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