KPK examines two witnesses to investigate assets of former Kemnaker Secretary General
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined two witnesses on 14 April 2026 to investigate the assets of former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) Hery Sudarmanto (HS). Hery Sudarmanto is a suspect in the alleged extortion case involving the processing of plans for the use of foreign workers (RPTKA). “The witnesses were questioned to trace assets belonging to the suspect that are allegedly related to this case,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Wednesday. Furthermore, Budi stated that the two witnesses are civil servants (ASN) at Kemnaker named Rizky Junianto and a private sector party named Farid Azianto. Previously, on 5 June 2025, the KPK revealed the identities of eight suspects in the extortion case for processing RPTKA at Kemnaker, namely civil servants (ASN) at Kemnaker: Suhartono, Haryanto, Wisnu Pramono, Devi Anggraeni, Gatot Widiartono, Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad. According to the KPK, these eight individuals collected around Rp53.7 billion from extortion in processing RPTKA between 2019 and 2024, during the tenure of Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah. The KPK explained that RPTKA is a requirement that must be fulfilled by foreign workers to work in Indonesia. If the RPTKA is not issued by Kemnaker, the issuance of work permits and stay permits will be delayed, resulting in fines of Rp1 million per day for the foreign workers. Thus, RPTKA applicants are forced to pay money to the suspects. In addition, the KPK revealed that the extortion case in processing RPTKA is suspected to have occurred since the era of Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin as Minister of Manpower and Transmigration from 2009 to 2014, continued by Hanif Dhakiri from 2014 to 2019, and Ida Fauziyah from 2019 to 2024. On 29 October 2025, the KPK announced the addition of a new suspect in the case, namely the Secretary General of Kemnaker during Hanif Dhakiri’s era, Hery Sudarmanto.