JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned 10 foreign labor agents as witnesses to alleged extortion of the management of the plan for the use of foreign labor (RPTKA) at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) today, January 19.
The anti-corruption commission has appointed one new suspect in this case, namely Heri Sudarmanto who is the former Secretary General (Sekjen) of the Ministry of Manpower.
"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Monday, January 19.
The 10 people who were asked to give testimony as witnesses were Agung Setyawan, Ulya Fithra Asmar, M. Indra Syah Putra, Rian Syatria, Zaqie Manurull Uyun, Usman Farid, Eddy Winjaya The, Pudji Slamet, Suwarno, and Sofianto. The material of their summons and their presence at the anti-corruption commission's office has not been detailed.
As previously reported, the KPK developed a case of extortion for handling RPTKA permits at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker). Heri Sudarmanto as the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower was named a suspect based on an investigation order (sprindik) issued in October 2025.
He is suspected of enjoying extortion money since serving as the Director of PPTKA for the period 2010-2015; Director General of Binapenta for the period 2015-2017, Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower for the period 2017-2018, and the Main Function 2018-2023 then continued after he retired.
After the determination of the suspect, the KPK also seized assets belonging to Heri which were allegedly named by other people. Among them are land in Central Java to the 2024 Toyota Innova Zenix.
In this case, the KPK has previously named eight suspects and now they have status as defendants because they are undergoing trial. Two of them are Suhartono and Haryanto who served as Director General of Manpower Placement and Employment Expansion (Binapenta and PKK) of the Ministry of Manpower.
They are suspected of feeling the flow of extortion money from the TKA agent, which amounted to Rp53.7 billion.
Meanwhile, for the other suspects are Wisnu Pramono as the Director of PPTKA Kemnaker; Devi Anggraeni as the Coordinator of the PPTKA Eligibility Test period 2020-July 2024 then became the Director of PPTKA period 2024-2025; Gatot Widiartono as the Coordinator of the Foreign Labor Analysis and Control Directorate of the Foreign Labor Control Directorate 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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