Witness in Noel Case Admits to Paying Millions of Rupiah for Processing K3 Certificate Documents
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Director of PT Lintas Pengembangan Manajemen Indonesia, Kristin Candra Panca, admitted that she had to pay money to obtain occupational safety and health (K3) certificates as well as to renew the Designation Decision Letter (SKP) for K3 Service Companies (PJK3).
This was revealed by Kristin during her examination as a witness in the trial of the alleged extortion case related to the issuance of K3 certificates at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker), which implicates former Deputy Minister of Manpower Immanuel Ebenezer.
“It wasn’t my own initiative, because the certificates at that time had to be paid for,” said Kristin at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday (30/3/2026).
In addition, there were fees for renewing the SKP, which is valid for two years.
The SKP is important because it is one of the documents required for the company to carry out certification activities.
“If the PJK3 SKP is Rp2 million per SKP. Our company has nine SKPs, so around Rp18 million for each renewal,” said Kristin.
“If there is no SKP, we cannot carry out certification activities,” she added.
Kristin explained that she learned about the obligation to pay these fees from fellow PJK3 companies.
She stated that there is a perception among business actors that the issuance process will not proceed without payment.
“If it’s not paid, the certificate won’t be issued,” said Kristin, quoting information she heard from fellow PJK3 colleagues.
“That the defendant Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan, together with Fahrurozi, Hery Sutanto, Subhan, Gerry Aditya Herwanto Putra, Irvian Bobby Mahendro, Sekarsari Kartika Putri, Anitasari Kusumawati, Supriadi, Miki Mahfud, and Temurila, have forced certification and K3 licence applicants to give money in a total amount of Rp6,522,360,000 or at least around that amount,” stated the prosecutor when reading the indictment on 19 January 2026.
The prosecutor explained that this extortion has been ongoing since 2021.