City Government Requests Central Assistance Regarding 10 TKI Singkawang Residents Tortured In Myanmar

Illustration of migrant workers (ANTARA)

The Acting Mayor of Singkawang, Sumastro, said that his party would ask for help from the Central Government through the Indonesian Consul General in Myanmar to help 10 Singkawang residents who experienced problems to get tortured. "We have received information which states that as many as 10 Singkawang City residents who work in Myanmar are experiencing problems. We will make efforts to help our citizens there, by building communication with a number of parties, considering that access is very limited," said Sumastro, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 26. At least, he said, there was an attempt by the Singkawang City Government to help them with efforts to build networking to the Indonesian Consul General in Myanmar. Which until now has also been being pursued for the 10 Singkawang residents to return to Indonesia. Moreover, there is one of them who is suspected of being tortured by his employer, so he hopes that the family will remain calm. Because the Singkawang City Government will not remain silent in responding to this. According to him, this incident is not the first time that TKI has worked abroad. So he hopes that Singkawang residents who are looking for jobs abroad must be more careful. "Don't be easily tempted by high salaries and so on. Unless there is already an official or legal PJTKI and ready to be responsible in terms of providing protection and so on," he said.

To find out whether PJTKI is legal or not, the public can ask the Ministry of Manpower through the Manpower Office in the regions. "The National Agency can trace the address and who the PJTKI manager is," he said.