Mother Of Two Children Becomes Prospective Illegal Migrant Workers, Arrested While Heading To Soetta Airport

SERANG 'An Indonesian Migrant Workers Candidate (PMI) with the initials RU alias Iyuk (49) was arrested by the Serang Police. He was arrested for recruiting six women from Pontang, Serang Regency and Serang City, Banten to be made illegal workers in Saudi Arabia.

Serang Police Chief AKBP Yudha Satria said the perpetrator was a housewife from Jayakerta District, Karawang Regency, West Java. In recruiting the six victims, the suspect lured them to work as an ART with a fantastic salary in Saudi Arabia.

"The suspect RU was arrested along with six PMI candidates with the initials CH, MW, MS, AY, RM, and MT on Jalan Serang-Jakarta, Pelawad Village, Ciruas District, Serang Regency on 19 May. When arrested, the perpetrators and the victims were in the Honda Mobilio Nopol T-181-GU white-lir to Soekarno-Hatta Airport," said Yudha in an official statement, Thursday, May 31.

The plan is for the victims to be flown to Saudi Arabia using a non-vis visa visit visa to work. In addition to the seven people, the police also found 2 other men.

From the results of the investigation, apparently the 6 PMI candidates were not registered as job seekers abroad by the local Manpower Office.

"The method is as usual to promise work abroad with high income and we believe that we get money from recruiting victims to be sent abroad," said Yudha.

Yudha added that during the investigation, the suspect RU admitted that his illegal business was being carried out for the first time. In addition, in carrying out his actions he was not alone but in collaboration with the agency in Jakarta.

"The information from this new suspect and has not been sent yet, so no workers have been successfully employed abroad. The suspect admitted to working with the agency. That's what we are still pursuing, his identity is already there. Hopefully later we can reveal it," said Yudha.

This mother of two children was charged with Article 2 paragraph (1), Article 4, Article 10 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Weighting of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) in conjunction with Article 81 Jo 86 letter b of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.