TIP Task Force Starring The Boarding House In Batam Prevents Being An Illegal PMI Shelter

Illustration of the boarding house raid in Tulungagung. (ANTARA/HO-Satpol Tulungagung)

The Indonesian Embassy - the Indonesian Migrant Workers' Criminal Action Task Force (TPPO Task Force) has tightened the supervision of boarding houses in Batam City to prevent them from becoming shelters for illegal Indonesian migrant workers (PMI). "I have ordered all personnel, from the bhabinkamtibmas to the ranks of the Sector Police to conduct patrols and check at boarding houses, guesthouses, and hotels if they are suspected of being shelters," said the Head of the Batam City TPPO Task Force who is also the Head of the Barelang Police, Kombes Pol Nugroho Tri Nuryanto in Batam, Riau Islands (Kepri), Monday, June 26, which was confiscated by Antara. According to him, the TIP case has become the attention of his party to be prevented. In fact, he continued, supervision also includes the harbor of rats as well as the international port which is often the departure and entrance. "This problem has become the attention of the President and the National Police Chief. Therefore, we formed the TPPO Task Force from the Polda level to the police level," he said.

He said that from early January to June 2023 his party had revealed several cases of trafficking in persons, both those arrested at ports, boarding houses, and hotels. "We from the Barelang Police have revealed several cases of TIP, the data will be submitted later. Because this week alone, we will release several catches that have been made by police stations in the Batam City area," he said. For that, he advised Batam residents to always be aware of the modes carried out by the suspects to trick the victims for their own benefit. "My message is that Batam City people should not be easily influenced by the lure of working abroad without clear procedures. Because when it happens and when abroad it gets a problem, the residents themselves will lose," he said.