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Fahri Hamzah leads House team to discuss migrant worker issues in Hong Kong
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Migrant workers and activists from Migrant Care stage a demonstration during a Car Free Day event at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Jakarta on Dec. 18, 2016. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)
M
embers of the House of Representative's migrant worker supervisory team have departed to Hong Kong for a work visit to identify problems surrounding the employment of Indonesian migrant workers.
The team, which is chaired by outspoken House Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah, arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday and subsequently visited shelters of Indonesian workers.
"Indonesian migrant workers abroad, especially in Hong Kong, are like brothers and sisters, and the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong is like a parent who protects them,” Fahri said, as quoted by kompas.com.
Three main points are on the team’s agenda for the trip: meeting a consortium of insurance companies for migrant workers, discussing the legal protection of migrant workers, and meeting with local immigration authorities.
(Read also: Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong report House speaker over insult)
Fahri was previously reported to the House’s ethics council by I Love Indonesia Circle (LACI), an Indonesian migrant worker group in Hong Kong, for calling Indonesian migrant workers abroad “maids” who "beg for money" in his Twitter account.
Following a public outcry, he deleted the post and apologized.
Other lawmakers joining Fahri on the trip include Masinton Pasaribu from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Andi Fauziah Pujiwatie and John Kenedy Azis (Golkar Party), Elnino Mohi (Gerindra Party), Saleh Daulay (National Mandate Party), Nihayatul Hafiroh (National Awakening Party), Irma Suryani (NasDem Party), Ermalena (United Development Party) and Djoni Rolindrawan (Hanura Party). (chi/bbs)
