Not Kapok After Deportation, 1 Illegal CPMI Wants To Return To Cambodia Secured At Batam Port

The Riau Islands Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Service Center (BP3MI) (Kepri) has prevented the departure of prospective illegal Indonesian migrant workers (CPMI) to Cambodia at the Batam Center Port.

Head of the Riau Islands BP3MI Kombes Pol. Imam Riyadi explained that the disclosure of this case began with information on the planned departure of the CPMI through Batam on Thursday, April 24, 2025, which his party and the Opsnal Sub-Directorate IV PPA team of the Riau Islands Police Ditreskrimum.

"BP3MI Riau Islands and the team collect data and information processing throughout the Batam port area," said Imam in a written statement, Friday, May 2.

From the investigation, information was found that there was an illegal CPMI with the initials SG who had just been deported trying to return to work in Cambodia.

SG was again constrained because his passport was detained by his previous employer in Cambodia. However, when taking care of it, Batam Immigration did not issue his passport.

Imam said that SG was then offered to make a new passport through Tanjung Uban Immigration at a cost of Rp. 10 million by someone who is still under investigation. SG was promised to get quick documents with the issuance of a new passport number.

"It is suspected that there are people who help facilitate the manufacture of passports, shelters, and departures through the Batam Center Batam port," said Imam.

The team then conducted profiling and surveillance at the shelter location, the route to the Batam Center Port.

As of Wednesday, April 30, the team managed to prevent departures from SG. SG was secured with the initials CPMI SY when he was about to leave for Cambodia via the Batam-Singapore-Kamboja route.

Currently, both of them are at the Ditreskrimum Polda Kepri for the process of deepening and enforcing the law.

Separately, the Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding reminded the Indonesian people to avoid going to work abroad to Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Despite the offer of a large salary, leaving for work to 3 ASEAN countries is vulnerable to being victims of criminal acts of trafficking in persons (TPPO) and torture.

Minister Karding emphasized that until now the Indonesian government does not have cooperation with the Governments of Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand regarding the placement of migrant workers.

"Departing for work to Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand as illegal migrant workers is vulnerable and vulnerable. Avoid as early as possible efforts that can endanger and harm families. Be a legal migrant worker whose official vacancies are spread on the ministry's social media," said Minister Karding in Jakarta, Thursday, May 1.