Ministry of Labour Staff's Sister-in-Law Testifies She Opened Bank Account at Defendant's Direction in K3 Extortion Case
Jakarta – Witness Raden Rara Puspita testified that she had previously opened a bank account on the orders of the defendant and sub-coordinator at the Ministry of Labour (Kemnaker) Sekarsari Kartika Putri, which was ultimately used to receive money from extortion proceeds.
Rara provided this testimony whilst being examined as a witness in proceedings concerning allegations of extortion corruption in K3 certification handling, with defendants including former Deputy Minister of Labour (Wamenaker) Immanuel Ebenezer, also known as Noel, and Sekar, among others.
Rara did not know Sekarsari directly. She is the sister-in-law of Nila Pratiwi Ichsan, a staff member at the Directorate of Labour Supervision and K3 Examiner.
“Initially, my sister-in-law asked for help because one of her friends wanted to start a business, then she asked me to open an account, and I contacted the bank for the opening,” Rara stated during the hearing at Jakarta’s Corruption Court on Monday (2 March 2026).
Rara noted that from the outset when Nila asked for assistance, she knew the account would be opened for Sekar’s needs.
At that time, Nila conveyed that Sekar had asked for help opening an account in Rara’s name for business purposes.
“In item 7 letter A of the examination record, you explained chronologically that in August 2023, I was called by Ms Nila and she told me that Nila had a friend named Sekarsari who wanted to borrow my Maybank account for business activities. Is that correct?” the prosecutor asked.
Rara confirmed her statement in the examination record (BAP) that the prosecutor had read out.
When pressed by the prosecutor, Rara admitted she had no knowledge whatsoever of the money flowing in and out of the account she had created.
She also claimed never to have checked the financial condition of the account which was controlled by Sekar.
“We have informed you that the total amount that entered your account was Rp 13,947,174,302, or approximately Rp 13.9 billion. You did not know?” the prosecutor pressed.
During the hearing, Sekar had the opportunity to respond to Rara’s statement.