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300 foreign workers employed in South Sumatra
Palembang Immigration Office is mapping companies that employ foreign workers, with at least 300 working throughout South Sumatra, in a bid to prevent the existence of undocumented workers in the province
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alembang Immigration Office is mapping companies that employ foreign workers, with at least 300 working throughout South Sumatra, in a bid to prevent the existence of undocumented workers in the province.
'A joint team on the monitoring of foreign workers [Poras] is collecting data on the types of companies that employ foreign workers and is checking their [work] documents,' Palembang Immigration Office head Bogi Widianto said on Tuesday.
Once the mapping is completed, the Poras team, which includes personnel from the immigration office, prosecutor's office and the police, will regularly check the companies and foreign workers' leisure spots.
'So far, the team hasn't found any foreign workers who have breached the Immigration Law or their temporary stay permits,' Bogi said in Palembang as quoted by Antara news agency.
At present, some 300 foreigners have temporary stay permits (Kitas) and work permits and work as teachers at foreign language learning institutions or as employees of plantation and mining companies in South Sumatra.
They are from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Singapore, with each having either 6 to 12 months validity on their Kitas, which can be extended up to five times, Bogi said. (++++)
