JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has no hesitation in applying the money laundering criminal act (TPPU) to the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) Heri Sudarmanto.
This opportunity is open after investigators seized a number of assets that were allegedly purchased from the results of extortion of the Foreign Manpower Utilization Plan (RPTKA).
"Of course, if it is fulfilled, the KPK will not hesitate, it will then impose the suspicion of TPPU," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted on Thursday, January 15.
The KPK, said Budi, is currently trapping Heri with Article 12 letter e of the Corruption Law regarding extortion. However, further development is also possible in the future, especially if there is an attempt to disguise the money from corruption.
"The KPK will certainly investigate whether there are allegations of acts to conceal, to divert money or assets obtained from the initial suspected corruption, the alleged extortion, whether it meets the elements of TPPU," he said.
The KPK had summoned Heri Sudarmanto as a witness related to the extortion case for handling TKA permits at the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. He was then named a new suspect in the extortion case for handling RPTKA permits at the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
The determination was made a day after investigators searched the house of Heri Sudarmanto or on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. From this forced effort, one car unit and a number of documents were seized.
Then other assets were also confiscated, including a number of land in Central Java. This seizure is referred to by the anti-corruption commission as a form of asset recovery or asset recovery from corruption.
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.
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 TKA agents whose value reaches Rp. 53.7 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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