Prabowo’s first Cabinet casualty: Deputy manpower minister faces extortion rap

Indonesia's Deputy Manpower Minister, Immanuel Ebenezer, was dismissed and charged with extortion for allegedly benefiting from illegal fees for processing safety permits. This marks the first corruption investigation involving President Prabowo Subianto's cabinet. Ebenezer and others allegedly charged significantly inflated fees, blackmailing those who refused to pay. Ebenezer denied the charges and apologized, while authorities confiscated assets and cash as evidence. He faces a potential life sentence.