Chase In Nunukan Waters, Kaltara Police Fails To Smuggle Illegal Workers To Malaysia

Polda Kaltara thwarts the sending of illegal workers to Malaysia. (Special)

KALTARA - The Directorate of Polairud Polda North Kalimantan (Kaltara) thwarted the sending of illegal workers to Malaysia. This forced effort was preceded by a chase in the waters of Nunukan.

"The Kaltara Police succeeded in thwarting the illegal dispatch of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in the Nunukan waters on Friday (15 July) at 18.00 WITA," said the Head of Intelligence for the Gakkum Sub-Directorate of Polairud Polda Kaltara, Ipda Hendra Tri Susilo in Tarakan, Kaltara, Thursday 21 July.

And managed to secure a man with the initials F who is an illegal PMI administrator and has been detained.

"There is one more person with the initials Y as an administrator who is still in the process of being on a wanted list (DPO)," said Hendra.

The disclosure of sending PMIs to Malaysia without being accompanied by legal documents was involved in a chase at sea when they were about to be secured.

The two speedboats used have almost entered Malaysian waters. The speedboat was caught at coordinates 4.09'.110”N – 117.41”.187”E, still in the Nunukan waters area.

“The sea conditions at that time were high waves, but we still pursued them. Cut first before they enter the territory of Malaysia. If we have crossed the border, we cannot take action, because it is not the jurisdiction of the Indonesian police," he said, according to Antara.

In this speedboat that was secured, it contained 13 PMI candidates then the speedboat motorists with the initials AT and MD, crew members with the initials FW and a resident of Sebatik, Nunukan with the initials FH.

While the evidence that was secured was two speedboats and three cell phones.

"We prevented the departure of dozens of Indonesian citizens (WNI) from Nunukan waters to Malaysia starting from public information. Mentioned that in the Nunukan waters on the Indonesia-Malaysia border there were PMIs who entered Malaysia illegally," said Hendra.

Furthermore, the Gakkum Unit of the Polairud Directorate of the Kaltara Polda conducted an investigation in the Nunukan waters to Bambangan, Nunukan, with the aim of Malaysia.

At the Indonesia-Malaysia border, his party managed to get two speedboats carrying illegal migrant workers.

His party then secured as many as 13 Indonesian citizens, prospective migrant workers illegally without being equipped with legal documents. Of these 13 people, out of 5 of them were men, then 7 were women and one was a child.

For the regions of origin for these PMI candidates, six people came from Adonara, East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, and seven others came from Sinjai Regency, South Sulawesi.

"From the results of the examination of the 13 PMI candidates, they admitted that they were interested in working in Malaysia because they were promised high salaries or wages," he said.

After being arrested, one perpetrator who is an administrator was named a suspect and detained.

As for the 13 prospective migrant workers, they went to the office of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) in Nunukan Regency to be returned to their respective regions of origin.

Meanwhile, one passenger who is a resident of Sebatik, Nunukan with the initials FH as well as the ship's motorist and crew members were used as witnesses. However, it is currently being sent home temporarily.

F, who is the administrator, was detained under the suspicion of Article 81 junto Article 69 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning Protection of PMIs. "Then one more person is still being chased," he said.