10 Illegal Migrant Workers Destination Cambodia Are Planned To Work As Operators Of Online Gambling, His Salaries Are US Dollars

Riau Islands Police Chief Inspector General Tabana Bangun showed evidence in the form of passports when releasing the disclosure of cases of illegal migrant workers in Batam/ANTARA

RIAU - Riau Islands Police thwarted the sending of 10 prospective Indonesian migrant workers illegally to Cambodia. They plan to be employed as online gambling operators. The Head of the Riau Islands Regional Police, Inspector General Tabana Bangun, said the 10 workers were detained at the Harborbay Port, Batam City. "We have secured two suspects with the initials DF (21) and S (37)," Tabana Bangu when releasing the case in Batam, Antara, Wednesday, March 15. Tabana said the disclosure of this case occurred on Sunday, March 12, 2023, after the police received information about the sending of prospective migrant workers abroad through the Port of Harborbay non-procedurally. After being traced, the police managed to find 10 victims with the aim of their initial departure to Malaysia. They are known to use the travel mode which was then dispatched to Cambodia. "So, they were offered to work as operators of online gambling in Cambodia and they were promised a salary of 700 US dollars there," he said. The Kapolda explained that the two suspects with the initials DF and S who were arrested by the police acted as intermediaries and escorts of illegal migrant workers to Cambodia. "We have also named one suspect as a DPO (wanted list) who is currently suspected of being abroad," he added. The two suspects are subject to Article 81 in conjunction with Article 83 and or Article 4 in conjunction with Article 10 of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons.