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URWOKERTO, C. Java: Sixty-one prospective migrant workers have reported a labor outsourcing agency for failing to send them to Dubai.

One of the victims, Lukman Hakim, said he had paid Rp 2 million (US$169) to a company employee named Subagyo, to cover passport and other administrative costs.

Lukman, a resident of Ajibarang village, Banyumas, said he was promised by Subagyo, from Sokaraja, Banyumas, a monthly salary of between Rp 5 million and Rp 7 million for a job in a project in Dubai.

"But until now, it's still unclear when we'll go to Dubai. We've checked the company's address in Jakarta, but we found it was fake," the 27-year-old said.

Sokaraja Police chief Adj. Comr. Sopinah confirmed the report, saying Subagyo and his accomplice, Widyo Asmoro, had been detained for allegedly duping the prospective migrant workers.