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View all search resultsPolice arrest recruiter of illegal migrant workers sent to Malaysia
The recruiter promised the workers they would get 110 ringgit (US$26.85) per day for renovating two houses but the wages have never been paid.
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An official from the Riau office of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Service Center (right) interviews illegal migrant workers repatriated from Malaysia who claimed they have not received their wages in this file photo. (Courtesy of Riau BP3MI/-)
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olice in Meranti Islands, Riau, have arrested a recruiter of illegal migrant workers after one of his victims filed a police report following the latter’s repatriation from Malaysia, the worker also claimed his wages had not been paid.
The report was filed by Surya Hafandi, a resident of Bokor village in Meranti Islands regency, on Dec. 5.
“He was a victim in a suspected human trafficking case, who was promised a well-paying job in Malaysia,” Meranti Islands Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Aldi Alfa Faroqi said on Thursday.
He said that given its proximity to Malaysia the region is often used as the exit and entry point for illegal migrant workers. Meranti Islands Police pay serious attention to human trafficking cases, he added.
“As soon we received the report, detectives conducted an investigation by tracing the perpetrator, asking witnesses and collecting evidence,” he said.
“The recruiter has been identified as Roma Rianto and has been named a suspect. He is also a resident of Meranti Islands regency, from Selatpanjang subdistrict, Tebing Tinggi district.”
Meranti Islands Police detectives chief Adj. Comr. Roemin Putra said Roma called Surya in Selatpanjang on Oct. 16, offering him a job renovating two houses with a wage of 110 ringgit [US$26.85] per day.
