East Lombok Regency Government Efforts To Repatriate PMI's Body That Died In Malaysia

The wife and family of Gafur victims from East Lombok Regency, NTB Province who died in Malaysia are suspected to have been caused by stray bullets (ANTARA/HO-Sadrun)

East Lombok Regency Government is coordinating with the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to repatriate the body of an Indonesian migrant worker (PMI) named Gafur from Waringin Village, East Lombok Regency. Gafur died suspected of being hit by a stray bullet. "We have written to BP2MI NTB regarding East Lombok residents who died in Malaysia," said Head of the East Lombok Regency Manpower and Transmigration Office M Hairi in Mataram, Antara, Friday, August 2. The victim departed non-procedurally, so that there was no data in the service. However, his party is still making efforts to repatriate the victim's body so that it can be buried in the hometown as expected by the family. From the family story, he said, the victim died as a result of being hit by a stray bullet, but his party was still waiting for an official statement from the relevant parties. "We are still trying to get the repatriation process," he said. Meanwhile, a family member, Sadrun hopes that the government will send Gafur's body home and bury it in his hometown. "We hope that the body can be sent home," he said. The victim went to Malaysia at the end of 2022 and worked in Malaysia for almost two years. The victim left two children aged 4 years and 2 years. "We hope to be sent home," he said. The Malaysian Police stated that they had received reports of the discovery of bodies of foreign nationals (foreigners from Indonesia) in the oil palm field area, Sebubok, Niah, Miri Serawak.

The Malaysian Police appealed to the public not to create issues on social media that cause victims' deaths whose truth has not been confirmed so as not to cause problems in the community.