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Bangladeshi migrants sit on June 24, 2026, on the ground inside the illegal immigration department headquarters in Benghazi, Libya, amid deportation to their country of origin. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
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he Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that an Indonesian migrant worker in Libya, identified only as AJ, is in safe condition after a video of her tearfully pleading to return home while appearing bloodied went viral and sparked public concern.
The ministry said the Indonesian embassy in Tripoli had been in contact with AJ, her employers as well as local authorities to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“The embassy has confirmed that AJ is currently safe, in good health and has not sustained any injuries. [...] Based on the embassy’s investigation conducted jointly with local agencies, AJ has been working in Benghazi, eastern Libya, since March 2025 after being placed through an irregular recruitment channel by a sponsor,” said the ministry’s citizen protection director Heni Hamidah in a statement.
“The Foreign Ministry, through the Indonesian Embassy in Tripoli, will continue to coordinate with relevant parties and local authorities in handling the case,” she continued.
AJ’s emotional appeal circulated widely over the weekend as she called on President Prabowo Subianto to help bring her home, saying the agency that recruited her had ignored repeated requests to end her employment.
In the roughly one-minute video, AJ’s face appeared smeared with what looked like blood as she occasionally pressed a blood-soaked towel to her face while describing her ordeal.
She said she had been pushed beyond her physical and emotional limits since arriving in Libya more than a year ago, alleging that she had been forced to work in two households while her employers withheld her salary in the past three months.
