KPK Investigates Assets of Former Kemnaker Secretary-General from Hanif Dhakiri Era

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating assets allegedly derived from criminal corruption acts by Heri Sudarmanto, the former Secretary-General of the Ministry of Manpower during Minister Hanif Dhakiri’s era, through the examination of two witnesses on Tuesday (14/4). The two witnesses are Rizky Junianto, a civil servant (PNS) at Kemnaker, and Farid Azianto, a private sector employee. “Witnesses 3 and 4 were questioned in connection with tracing the assets of the suspect [Heri Sudarmanto] that are allegedly related to this case,” stated KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo in a written statement on Tuesday (14/4). On the same day, KPK also examined witnesses Yuda Novendri Yustandra (President Director of PT Laman Davindro Bahman) and Budi Hartawan (former Secretary of the Directorate General of Binapenta at Kemnaker). Yuda was questioned regarding alleged extortion he experienced as a party handling foreign worker employment plan (RPTKA) documents at Kemnaker. Meanwhile, Budi Hartawan was questioned about the legal basis for legalising foreign worker agents or Foreign Worker Employment Permit Processing Service Companies (PJP3TKA) at Kemnaker. KPK announced Heri Sudarmanto as a suspect in the alleged extortion and gratification case related to RPTKA processing on Wednesday, 29 October 2025. However, KPK has not yet detained him. “It is alleged that Mr HS received several money flows related to the RPTKA processing process within the Ministry of Manpower since his previous positions,” Budi stated some time ago. “This means the period is quite long, so investigators need to ask for statements from related officials, in this case Mr Hanif as the Minister of Manpower at that time, to provide explanations and statements on how the practices and mechanisms for RPTKA processing were during his time,” he added. KPK previously revealed that Heri Sudarmanto used money allegedly from extortion to purchase a 2024 Toyota Innova Zenix. The money was received through a relative’s bank account. Prior to this, KPK had already prosecuted eight suspects in the alleged extortion and gratification case related to RPTKA processing at the Ministry of Manpower. The suspects include Gatot Widiartono, Head of the Maritime and Agriculture Subdirectorate of the Directorate General of Placement and Expansion of Employment Opportunities (Dirjen Binapenta & PKK) from 2019-2021, also serving as PPK PPTKA from 2019-2024 and Coordinator of Foreign Worker Analysis and Control at the PPTKA Directorate of the Ministry of Manpower from 2021-2025. Then there are Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad, who are staff at the PPTKA Directorate under Dirjen Binapenta & PKK at the Ministry of Manpower from 2019-2024. Followed by Suhartono, Dirjen Binapenta & PPK at the Ministry of Manpower from 2020-2023, and Haryanto, Director of PPTKA from 2019-2024 who was appointed as Dirjen Binapenta from 2024-2025. Next is Wisnu Pramono, Director of PPTKA from 2017-2019, and Devi Angraeni, Coordinator of PPTKA Eligibility Testing from 2020-July 2024 who was appointed as Director of PPTKA from 2024-2025. During the 2019-2024 period, the amount of money received by the eight suspects and employees at the PPTKA Directorate was at least Rp53.7 billion. During the ongoing investigation, several parties, including the suspects, have returned money to the state through KPK’s holding account, at least Rp8.61 billion.