Sunday, August 30, 2009
Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Five Indonesian illegal migrant workers from East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, were deported by the Malaysian government after they had spent three months in jail, one of them said.
"The five of us, namely Hadi (19), Sahdan (36), Syafarudin (20), Syahri (26) and Muslihan (35), went to work in Malaysia after being promised monthly wages of 600 ringgit each," Sahdan told reporters at the Nanda Dian Nusantara manpower recruitment foundation here on Saturday.
Siruk, a local manpower recruitment agent, had offered them work at an oil palm plantation in Malaysia with monthly wages of about 600 ringit.
Before they left for Malaysia, they and five other workers had each paid Rp2,500,000 to Siruk to get the job at the Malaysian oil palm plantation.
However, after they had arrived in Malaysia, migrant workers who had worked there for several years informed Sahdan and his friends that they would not be paid.
They eventually decided to escape and split into two groups, Sahdan said, adding that he didn`t know the fate of the other group.
"After working for two days, we fled due to the bad news. But we were eventually arrested by Malaysian police for not having passports and given three-month prison sentences," said Sahdan.
In the prison, Sahdan said, they, together with hundreds of other Indonesian workers, were badly treated by the Malaysian guards.
Muslihan said he saw Malaysian prison guards trample and kick another jailed worker from Sambas, West Kalimantan.
Meanwhile, Tiomana Devi from a manpower recruitment foundation here said the Malaysian police took the five migrant workers to a border area, and then Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel on duty at the border accompanied them to a nearby bus terminal before arriving at a police station, and returning to their own villages in East Lombok.(*)
Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Five Indonesian illegal migrant workers from East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, were deported by the Malaysian government after they had spent three months in jail, one of them said.
"The five of us, namely Hadi (19), Sahdan (36), Syafarudin (20), Syahri (26) and Muslihan (35), went to work in Malaysia after being promised monthly wages of 600 ringgit each," Sahdan told reporters at the Nanda Dian Nusantara manpower recruitment foundation here on Saturday.
Siruk, a local manpower recruitment agent, had offered them work at an oil palm plantation in Malaysia with monthly wages of about 600 ringit.
Before they left for Malaysia, they and five other workers had each paid Rp2,500,000 to Siruk to get the job at the Malaysian oil palm plantation.
However, after they had arrived in Malaysia, migrant workers who had worked there for several years informed Sahdan and his friends that they would not be paid.
They eventually decided to escape and split into two groups, Sahdan said, adding that he didn`t know the fate of the other group.
"After working for two days, we fled due to the bad news. But we were eventually arrested by Malaysian police for not having passports and given three-month prison sentences," said Sahdan.
In the prison, Sahdan said, they, together with hundreds of other Indonesian workers, were badly treated by the Malaysian guards.
Muslihan said he saw Malaysian prison guards trample and kick another jailed worker from Sambas, West Kalimantan.
Meanwhile, Tiomana Devi from a manpower recruitment foundation here said the Malaysian police took the five migrant workers to a border area, and then Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel on duty at the border accompanied them to a nearby bus terminal before arriving at a police station, and returning to their own villages in East Lombok.(*)
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