PMI In Singapore Finds It Difficult To Return To Indonesia, Ganjar: If There Is Something Naughty, We Will Brush It Off

Ganjar Pranowo and the National Police Chief (Photo via Central Java Provincial Government)

SEMARANG - Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in Singapore complained about when they could communicate with the Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo who held a Virtual Open House.

The complaint was submitted by the PMI representative in Singapore from Salatiga, Yuli. According to her, PMI in Singapore is restless because there are issues related to regulations that make it difficult for them to return to Indonesia.

"Thank you for being willing to greet us, sir. Please allow me to convey that this is the PMI community in Singapore. Currently, many are reluctant to return home because of the e-KTKLN issue that has been enforced again", Yuli said to Ganjar.

E-KTKLN is an electronic Overseas Worker Card issued by the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) as a sign that PMI fulfills the requirements to work abroad.

"I haven't seen my family in three years. My friends and I are asking for help so that we can inform BP2MI officers at the airport so that we don't use the KTKLN issue with the mafia who has to pay", said Yuli.

The restlessness of Yuli and PMI in Singapore cannot be separated from the length of the e-KTKLN. Moreover, said Yuli, the time off was only two weeks.

Responding to the complaint, Ganjar, who was accompanied by the Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Service, Sakina Rosellasari, will immediately follow up with a clarification.

“There are conditions that sometimes frighten them. Oops, the rules are complicated, ask for help. So I said that if there are issues later, let me clarify with our manpower office", explained Ganjar in response to PMI's complaint.

Ganjar also ordered the Manpower and Transmigration Office to directly oversee the PMI return process. Ganjar said that if the conditions that PMI feared were by the provisions of the regulations, then they must follow the rules.

"If someone really bothers them later when they get home at the airport, if necessary, Central Java will pick them up. We pick them up, and our liaisons ask them to wait, if there is something naughty to PMI, we don't brush it off. But if it's a regulation, you have to follow it", said Ganjar as quoted from a written statement from the Central Java Provincial Government, Tuesday, May 3.