K3 Certificate Bribery at Manpower Ministry: Two PT KEM Businessmen Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Prison

The panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court has handed down a prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months to two PT KEM businessmen, Temurila and Miki Mahfud. Both were found guilty in a bribery case involving the processing of occupational health and safety (K3) certificates at the Ministry of Manpower. The verdict was read by Chief Judge Nur Sari Baktiana during a hearing on Thursday (4/6/2026). In addition to the prison term, the judge also imposed a fine of Rp200 million on each defendant. “Sentencing Defendant I Temurila and Defendant II Miki Mahfud, therefore, to prison terms of 1.5 years each,” the judge stated when reading the ruling at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court. If the fines are not paid, the defendants must serve a substitute confinement of 90 days. The judge assessed that their actions had undermined bureaucratic reform and fostered transactional public service practices. In its considerations, the panel revealed that Temurila and Miki were proven to have given non-technical payments to several Manpower Ministry officials to facilitate the K3 certificate processing. The total value of the bribe disbursed reached Rp4.786 billion. “The proceeds of the criminal act handed over to Manpower Ministry officials were non-technical payments totalling Rp4.786 billion and had been transferred to the Manpower Ministry officials,” the judge said. The funds were confirmed never to have returned to the defendants’ personal accounts or the corporate account of PT KEM. Mitigating factors for the sentence included the defendants’ polite and cooperative demeanour during the trial, their status as breadwinners for their families, and the fact that neither had a prior criminal record. The 1.5-year sentence was notably lighter than the Public Prosecutor’s earlier demand for three years in prison and a fine of Rp250 million. Responding to the verdict, Temurila and Miki accepted the sentence. The prosecutor, however, stated they needed time to consider their next legal steps. This case forms part of the broader development of a corruption case at the Manpower Ministry that previously saw former Deputy Minister of Manpower, Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan, sent to prison. The defendants were found to have violated Article 5, paragraph (1), letter b of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 20, letter c, in conjunction with Article 127, paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.