The Process Of Repatriating Migrant Workers Tortured By Employers In Malaysia Awaiting News From The Indonesian Embassy

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JAKARTA - Head of the West Sumatra Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Service Center (BP3MI) Jupriyadi said the government guaranteed the repatriation process of an Indonesian Migrant Worker (PMI) from West Sumatra (West Sumatra) after receiving non-human treatment by his employer in Malaysia.

"We are still waiting for information from the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur to help with the repatriation process," said Head of BP3MI West Sumatra Province Jupriyadi, ANTARA, Sunday, November 23.

Jupriyadi said that currently the resident from Pasaman Regency is still being treated at a hospital in Malaysia after previously receiving heinous treatment from his employer, such as physical violence to being doused with hot water.

"The head of our protection team is still communicating with the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia and related agencies in Pasaman Regency," he said.

Although the person concerned is an illegal or non-procedural PMI, Jupriyadi ensures that the state, especially the Indonesian Embassy and the Indonesian Ministry of Migrant Workers Protection (P2MI) will help solve the problem, especially the repatriation process to the country.

From tracking travel data carried out by BP3MI, it is known that the person concerned left for Malaysia via Dumai City, Riau Province using an unclear or unrecorded company in an official institution.

On that occasion, he said the case experienced by residents from Pasaman Regency should be an important lesson for every Indonesian citizen who wants to become PMI abroad must go through official procedures.

"We expect prospective Indonesian Migrant Workers to officially depart through the government to avoid similar cases," he said.

The previous two weeks BP3MI of West Sumatra Province also helped facilitate the repatriation (deportation) of two PMIs from Pesisir Selatan Regency from Malaysia. Throughout January to November 2025, the institution reported that the problematic PMI cases abroad were low.

"Our records, there are several illegal PMIs, and lastly there was repatriation of residents of Pesisir Selatan Regency from Malaysia," he said.