Overview

• Anti-graft investigators charged Immanuel Ebenezer after a sting tied to illegal fees for worker safety permits.
• Officials allege applicants were pressed to pay about 6 million rupiah per permit versus the 250,000 rupiah official fee since 2019.
• He was arrested with 10 others, including manpower ministry staff and two employees of a training provider.
• Investigators confiscated 15 cars, seven motorcycles and roughly US$12,600 in cash as evidence this week.
• Ebenezer denies wrongdoing and has been ordered held 20 days, becoming the first cabinet-level suspect in Prabowo’s government as the legal process proceeds.