KPK Investigate The Budgeting Process Of The TKI Protection System At The Ministry Of Manpower

Head Of KPK News Section Ali Fikri/DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has investigated the budgeting process for the Indonesian labor protection system (TKI) project at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker).

Information was asked by investigators to the former Director General of Manpower and Transmigration Placement Development who is the Deputy Chair of the Bali PKB DPW, Reyna Usman.

Head of the News Section Ali Fikri said Reyna was questioned on Thursday, October 5. Reyna was questioned as a witness in the corruption case that occurred at the Ministry of Manpower.

"Witnesses were present and their knowledge was explored, among others, regarding the budgeting process for the procurement of a TKI protection system at the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and the alleged flow of money that could not be accounted for to other related parties," Ali told reporters in a written statement, Monday, October 9.

In addition, investigators are also investigating the project from Bery Komarudzaman, who used to be a director.

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 Ministry of Manpower Planning and Development Agency 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.