Migrant Worker From Indramayu Reportedly Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison In Hong Kong For Drugs

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INDRAMAYU - The Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) Indramayu Branch, West Java, received a complaint regarding the case of a migrant worker working in Hong Kong who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking.

"We have received complaints about migrant workers from Indramayu Regency who are facing legal problems in Hong Kong," said SBMI Indramayu Branch Chairman Juwarih, quoted by Antara, Monday, January 10.

Juwarih said from the family's statement, the migrant worker, Yayu Masih, 33, a resident of Tukdana Village, Indramayu District, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in August 2021.

The verdict, continued Juwarih, was after the person concerned was arrested in a boarding room by local security forces in 2019.

The arrest of the migrant worker from Indramayu Regency was after the security forces found a package containing heroin.

"But from Yayu's confession, the item is not his, but belongs to his friend who is also from Indonesia," he said.

Juwarih said that from the family's narrative for more than two years Yayu was facing legal problems in Hong Kong, but the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong had never informed the family regarding the case.

In fact, according to Yayu's confession, the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong knows that Yayu is still in prison and even visits frequently, but the Consulate General cannot help with this reasoning that this is a legal case, not an employment case with an employer.

For this reason, Juwarih said, his party will study the complaint from the yayu family first before being forwarded to the Government, in this case the Directorate for the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Indonesian Legal Entities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

"Of course the SBMI is ready to fight for the complaint from Yayu's family, but we will study it first before it is forwarded to the government. And the SBMI will also ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs why there are Indonesian citizens who have legal problems abroad but have not yet informed the family in writing," he said. .