JATENG - Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding said there were at least 80 thousand illegal Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) working in Cambodia.
"All of them are illegal. Because we don't have cooperation in placement with them (Kamboja). There are 80,000 (people)," he said during a working visit in Semarang, Central Java, Tuesday, April 15, which was confiscated by Antara.
According to him, Cambodia is indeed becoming a new country that is in great demand by young people in Indonesia to try their luck which eventually becomes victims of online fraud.
He said the majority of illegal Indonesian migrant workers in Cambodia work in online gambling business and "scamming" (tipuan).
"There are all kinds of things. Some are online gambling operators (online), some are in restaurants, some are 'scamming'. The average online gambling is 'scamming'," he said.
He said Indonesian migrant workers who were involved in problems in other countries were dominated by those who departed not procedurally or illegally.
"At most, there are indeed (Indonesian migrant workers) who are 'unprocedural' (illegal). To all destination countries, especially Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan. Now, there are many new trends to Cambodia and Myanmar," he said.
Karding admitted that he had received reports that Indonesian migrant workers had died in Cambodia, while currently the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Ministry (KemenP2MI) was still tracking their identities, including their identities.
"We are tracking it. Because on average this is because it is not procedural, there is no data. If it is viral, then we will look for it," he said.
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To prevent and minimize the community, especially young people who are victims of fraud by illegal labor agents, he said, a temporary closure of several illegal PMI agents has been carried out.
"We are temporarily closed, there are three (illegal Indonesian migrant worker agents)," he said.
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