Accompanied By High Salaries In Malaysia, 2 Prospective Manpowerable Migrant Workers Referring To The Perpetrator Until Finally 'Strengthened' In Batam

Polresta Lingga held a press conference regarding the illegal smuggling of PMI candidates (ANTARA/HO-Humas Polresta Lingga)

The Lingga Regency Police managed to thwart the smuggling of two prospective Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) who wanted to be illegally dispatched to Malaysia. Two smugglers were also arrested. Lingga Police Chief AKBP Fadli Agus stated that the mode used by the two perpetrators was to deceive their victims by promising to be brought to work in Malaysia. However, it turned out that the victim was only taken to Lingga. "There were two victims from Java with the initials UW and US, they were promised by the perpetrators to work in Malaysia. However, after the victim arrived in Riau Islands, the victim was only taken to Lingga Regency. This perpetrator deceived the victim by saying he had arrived in Malaysia, even though he was taken only to Lingga," said Fadli in Batam, quoted from Antara, Friday, October 14. Fadli explained that this incident began when the victim, who was not sure, was already in Malaysia and sent the location using a cell phone to his brother. After knowing the location of the victim, his brother said that currently the victim was not in Malaysia but in Lingga Regency. The victim's “ then the victim told him to look for the nearest police station. After finding the police station, the victim then told the events he had experienced, said Fadli. After hearing the victim's story, the officers finally carried out an investigation and managed to arrest the US perpetrator in Lingga, while R was arrested in Batam a few days ago. During the police investigation, it was found that the two perpetrators did not have a permit or legal entity to place PMI abroad. Both of them also admitted that it was the first time they had committed their actions. The victim was also asked for Rp. 7 million by the perpetrator for administrative management of departures to Malaysia. "The two victims were lured with a salary of 90 Ringgit Malaysia. Finally, the two victims decided to go to Tanjungpinang, then taken to Batam and left for Lingga,” he said. For their actions, the two perpetrators were charged with Article 81 in conjunction with Article 83 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers junto Article 2 of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons with a maximum imprisonment of 15 criminal fines of at least Rp120 million