KPK Asks Witness Who Claims Investigator Demanded Rp 10 Billion from Defendant to File Report

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Asep Guntur Rahayu, has asked a private individual named Yora Lovita E. Haloho to file a report regarding allegations that a KPK “investigator” demanded Rp 10 billion from one of the defendants in a corruption case involving the Foreign Worker Employment Plan (RPTKA) at the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower.

Asep emphasized that no investigator named Bayu Sigit exists within the KPK’s enforcement division, as claimed by witness Yora.

“There is no one named Bayu Sigit in the Enforcement division. We also don’t have badges or medallions—we only have name tags as employee identification cards, like the one I usually wear,” Asep said when contacted via written message on Sunday (15/2).

The one-star police general said he has proactively involved the inspectorate to follow up on the information from witness Yora.

“The witness who experienced this incident can report it to the KPK Supervisory Board or other law enforcement agencies so it can be investigated and proven whether this person is truly a KPK Investigator or merely an impostor. Of course, the report must be accompanied by evidence,” Asep added.

Yora’s testimony was delivered when she appeared as a witness for defendant Gatot Widiartono, who served as Head of the Maritime and Agriculture Subdirectorate at the Directorate General of Labor Placement Development and Employment Expansion (Ditjen Binapenta & PKK) from 2019-2021, and co-defendants at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday (12/2).

Yora said that around March-April 2025, she served as an intermediary between someone claiming to be a KPK Investigator named Bayu Sigit and Gatot Widiartono. Yora came to know Sigit through her friend, Iwan Banderas. Meanwhile, the RPTKA extortion case was still in the investigation stage at the KPK.

“There was this friend who said he was from the KPK. ‘There’s an issue at the Ministry of Manpower, do you want help? We’ll help,’” Yora said, recounting the words of her acquaintance Iwan Banderas.

According to the woman, who was also once a legislative candidate for the Gerindra Party, the person claiming to be a KPK Investigator said he knew about the legal case ensnaring Gatot. At the time, the case was still in the investigation phase.

Yora said she believed Bayu Sigit was a KPK Investigator because he carried a metal badge with the anti-corruption agency’s logo. Bayu Sigit even sent an official KPK letter requesting a statement from Gatot.

Afterward, Yora contacted the Head of Leadership Administration and Protocol at the Ministry of Manpower, Memei Meilita Handayani, whom she already knew. Yora said there was a matter involving a Ministry of Manpower official named Gatot Widiartono and asked for his contact number.

Eight former officials at the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower have been charged with extortion related to the processing of Foreign Worker Employment Plans (RPTKA). The defendants allegedly received Rp 135.29 billion between 2017 and 2025.

The eight defendants are Gatot Widiartono as Head of the Maritime and Agriculture Subdirectorate at Ditjen Binapenta & PKK (2019-2021), concurrently serving as Commitment-Making Official for PPTKA (2019-2024) and Coordinator for Foreign Worker Analysis and Control at the PPTKA Directorate (2021-2025).

Then Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad, who were staff at the PPTKA Directorate under Ditjen Binapenta & PKK (2019-2024).

Also Director General of Binapenta & PKK (2020-2023) Suhartono, and PPTKA Director (2019-2024) who was appointed Director General of Binapenta (2024-2025) Haryanto.

Additionally, PPTKA Director (2017-2019) Wisnu Pramono, and Coordinator for PPTKA Endorsement Feasibility Assessment (2020-July 2024) who was appointed PPTKA Director (2024-2025) Devi Angraeni.

Prosecutors detailed the amounts received by each defendant in connection with the alleged extortion: Suhartono received Rp 460 million (2020-2023); Haryanto received Rp 84.7 billion plus one Innova Reborn vehicle with plate number B 1354 HKY (2018-2025); Wisnu Pramono received Rp 25.1 billion plus one Vespa Primavera motorcycle with plate number B 4880 BUQ (2017-2019); Devi Angraeni received Rp 3.25 billion (2017-2025); Gatot Widiartono received Rp 9.47 billion (2018-2025).

Furthermore, Putri Citra Wahyoe received Rp 6.39 billion (2017-2025), Alfa Eshad received Rp 5.23 billion (2017-2025), and Jamal Shodiqin received Rp 551.1 million (2017-2025).

The money came from foreign worker agents, both individuals and employment agency companies, totaling Rp 135.29 billion.

RPTKA is a permit for the employment of foreign workers for specific positions and periods. Every employer is required to apply to the Ditjen Binapenta and PKK at the Ministry of Manpower.

“Between 2017 and 2025, there were 1,134,823 RPTKA endorsements at the PPTKA Directorate, with charges ranging from Rp 300,000 to Rp 800,000 per foreign worker, resulting in a total of Rp 135.29 billion collected from business owners or RPTKA permit processing agency companies,” prosecutors stated while reading the indictment at the trial on Friday, December 12, 2025.

The defendants have been charged with violating Article 12 letter e or Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 point 1 of the Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.