Members Of The Indonesian House Of Representatives From The PKB Faction Were Questioned By The KPK Regarding Allegations Of Project Arrangement Orders At The Ministry Of Manpower

Member Of The Indonesian House Of Representatives From The PKB Faction Luqman Hakim

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that there are orders to regulate various projects at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker). This information was obtained after investigators questioned members of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PKB faction, Luqman Hakim.

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said Luqman was examined as a witness in the corruption case in the procurement of the Indonesian labor protection system (TKI) at the Ministry of Manpower. He allegedly knew about the order.

"It was also confirmed regarding the alleged arrangement order for various procurement projects by several officials at the Ministry of Manpower," Ali told reporters quoted on Saturday, September 30.

Ali said Luqman allegedly knew about the practice because he had held a special staff position at the Ministry of Manpower when the alleged corruption occurred in 2012.

In addition, investigators are also investigating the planning process until the auction for the procurement of the system. Ali said this information was requested from Rinto Sugita and Irwan Arifiyanto, who are civil servants (PNS) of the Ministry of Manpower.

"The two witnesses were present and re-examined regarding the planning up to the auction stage for the procurement of the TKI protection system at the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK has named three suspects in the corruption case in the procurement of this system. Although not yet mentioned, information circulated that the three were the Secretary of the Planning and Development Agency of the Ministry of Manpower I Nyoman Darmanta, the former Director General of the Ministry of Manpower who is now the Chairman of the Bali PKB DPW Reyna Usman, and a private sector.

In investigating this case, several witnesses have been examined. One of them is the former Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin who served for the 2009-2014 period on Thursday, September 7.

The value of the information system procurement project that is suspected to be the result of the perpetrators reached around Rp. 20 billion. Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata said that this system was allegedly corrupted until it could not be used to monitor migrant workers.

"Those who can only use computers to type and so on. However, the system itself is not running," he said to reporters in Jakarta, Thursday, August 24.