NTB Manpower And Transmigration Office Asks PMI Candidates Not To Be Seduced By Brokers

Head of the NTB Manpower and Transmigration Service (Disnakertrans), I Gede Putu Aryadi. (ANTARA/Nur Imansyah).

MATARAM - The Manpower and Transmigration Office of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) asked the public, especially prospective migrant workers, not to be tempted by the seduction of middlemen to become non-procedural or illegal PMIs.

"Departing illegally or without clear documents until they are promised a big salary and easy work, is a way for brokers or tekongs to act to persuade people to want to work and be sent abroad," said the Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) NTB, I Gede Putu Aryadi. in Mataram reported by ANTARA, Friday, August 5.

He said that after working abroad, in fact, when they arrived in the country of placement, these non-procedural PMIs were given heavy work with salaries that were not commensurate with their work. In fact, they are often not paid at all.

"Some have been harassed, tortured, and even killed. If such a problem has occurred, the government is demanding and blaming it, while the brokers or tekongs run away," he said.

Gede stated that his party is committed to ensuring that PMIs who work in Malaysia receive health protection, insurance, housing facilities, and good treatment.

Therefore, according to him, the implementation of the One Channel System (OCS), which is an agreement between Indonesia and Malaysia, is a concrete implementation of the PMI zero unprocedural program that has been launched by the Governor and Deputy Governor of NTB.

"Because, with the implementation of this one OCS system, there is no longer any gap in the non-procedural placement process," he explained.

In relation to the implementation of the MoU, the user company bears all costs in the recruitment process for Malaysian placements in the field sector, one of which is Sime Darby Plantation Berhad Company.

"This is what is called zero cost. If there are still field officers (PL) who ask CPMI for up to millions of rupiah, that is not true and should not be served, because the money will only go into personal pockets," said Gede.

According to him, with the MoU, the position of the PL must be an employee of P3MI.

"So P3MI must pay salaries instead of collecting fees from CPMI. We ask the PL from P3MI to bring a letter of assignment," he said.