Former Secretary General Heri Sudarmanto Becomes A Suspect, This Is What The KPK Said About The Summons Of The Former Minister Of Manpower

Illustration of the KPK building in Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. (ANTARA-Fianda Sjofjan Rassat

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that it will investigate parties who are aware of the alleged extortion in the management of the Foreign Workers Use Plan (RPTKA). Opportunities to summon Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin, Hanif Dhakiri, and Ida Fauziyah as former Minister of Manpower (Menaker) are open.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo when asked about further steps after naming former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower Heri Sudarmanto as a new suspect in this case. The name was known to take office when the Ministry of Manpower was led by Hanif Dhakiri.

"So later from the evidence, from the facts and clues found by the investigators, we will continue to investigate to those who do have a role or get a flow of this alleged corruption crime," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Thursday, October 30.

Budi ensured that the determination of the suspect against Heri must have been equipped with sufficient evidence. Thus, investigators can search.

"Determination of a person as a suspect is of course based on the adequacy of evidence," he said.

Acting (Plt) Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu has also conveyed that the summons of the former minister will begin with the deepening of a number of witnesses. All the statements collected will later determine the summons of a number of parties.

"Regarding the RPTKA, we are continuing to dig up information from witnesses, including the summons of staff members and others," Asep told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, October 1.

It is known, Cak Imin served as Minister of Manpower and Transmigration (Menakertrans) in 2009-2014. This position was then continued by Hanif Dhakiri in 2014-2019 and Ida Fauziyah in 2019-2024.

Previously reported, the KPK 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.

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

In addition, investigators have also confiscated several other assets. Including Haryanto's house and rented house.

The confiscated rented assets are in the Cimanggis area, Depok, West Java. Meanwhile, the houses are in the Sentul area, Bogor Regency, West Java.