Ribka Tjiptaning Called By KPK Regarding The Corruption Case Of The Ministry Of Manpower, Hasto PDIP: There Are Criminalization Efforts

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (DOK VOI/Wardhany Tsa Tsia)

Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto suspects that there was an attempt to criminalize a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PDIP faction, Ribka Tjiptaning, who was summoned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Thursday, February 1. It is known that Ribka was summoned as a witness to alleged corruption in the procurement of the Indonesian labor protection system (TKI) at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration for the 2012 Fiscal Year. He was already present at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. "Today there is an attempt to criminalize the law. It happened not only to the Ganjar-Mahfud pair but also to the AMIN pair, namely Mbak Ribka Tjiptaning,” Hasto said in a press conference at the PDIP DPP Office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday, February 1. Hasto said that Ribka had reported to the PDIP DPP when asked to come to the anti-corruption commission. There are allegations that the cadre often spoke loudly about the protection of migrant workers so that he was summoned in this case. This is because the moment of this summons is also close to a number of politicians who provide support for the number one pair, Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar or AMIN. "This “Mbak Ning in the meeting often questioned the procurement of the TKI protection system," he said. So, he was surprised when Ribka was asked to come to the KPK. “ Suddenly a call like that appeared, there was no wind, ” said Hasto. Previously reported, Ribka was summoned as a witness in a corruption case in the procurement of the TKI supervision system with two other people. They are Ruslan Irianto Simbolon who is a civil servant (PNS) and a private company named Bunamas. In this case, the KPK named three suspects in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of the TKI protection system for the 2012 fiscal year. They are Reyna Usman; Secretary of the Planning and Development Agency of the Ministry of Manpower and Commitment Making Officer (PPK) I Nyoman Darmanta; and Director of PT Adi Inti Mandiri (AIM) Karunia. The three of them allegedly caused the state to lose up to Rp17.6 billion. A number of places have been searched to investigate and look for evidence.

In addition, the KPK has examined PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin on Thursday, September 7. The former Minister of Manpower and Transmigration was examined for investigation regarding the approval of the use of the budget for the procurement of the TKI protection system.