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Nine women freed from trafficking house in Sukabumi
Police in Sukabumi, West Java, recently raided a house in the city that was allegedly used as a base for human trafficking
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olice in Sukabumi, West Java, recently raided a housein the city that was allegedly used as a base for human trafficking. They rescued nine women from the property, which was located on Jl. Goalpara.
Head of the Sukabumi Police rescue operation, Comr. Suwardi, said the police had been alerted by two women who had managed to escape from the building, Antara news agency reported,
"We went straight to the location and found nine other women from different areas in eastern Indonesia, namely Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara [NTT], Lombok and other districts in West Nusa Tenggara [NTB]," Suwardi said on Saturday.
He added that based on statements given by the women, the house's owner had told them they would be sent to Saudi Arabia as migrant workers. However, after several weeks, they were still being kept in extremely poor conditions with no sign of overseas job prospects.
Suwardi said the Sukabumi Police were still investigating the case and had yet to name any suspects.
"We arrested the owner of the house while he was at his second wife's house in Jalur Lingkar Selatan in the Baros area, and he is now under investigation," he said.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that around 3 to 4 million Indonesian migrant workers have been victims of human trafficking. (fss)
