Arrest 11 Non-Procedural PMIs Returning From Malaysia, Lanal Karimun Buru Brain Swept

The TBK Lanal held a press conference regarding the disclosure of the non-procedural PMI case that was repatriated from Malaysia to Indonesia through the Karimun/DOK waters BETWEEN

TANJUNGPINANG - Tanjung Balai Karimun Navy Base (Lanal TBK) arrested 11 non-procedural Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) who returned from Malaysia to Indonesia using a pecung boat. The Commander of the TBK Lanal Marine Lieutenant Colonel (P) Anro totaled that the team initially received information about the existence of a non-procedural PMI in the waters of Kakeng Combol, Judah Sugi Island, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province (Kepri) on Monday, August 5. "The F1QR team then carried out an ambush in Combol waters, then secured the non-procedural PMIs on Tuesday morning," said Lieutenant Colonel Anro at a press conference in Tanjungpinang, Antara, Wednesday, August 7. Officers also detained two crew members with the initials Az (27) and Ed (29) who brought the non-procedural PMIs. In addition, evidence was confiscated, including an 11 PMI ID card, three passports, a pancung boat with a Yamaha 40 PK machine, ten large bags, and eight small bags belonging to PMI. "We are still hunting for one person with the initials D who is suspected of being the mastermind behind the non-procedural PMI smuggling," said Lieutenant Colonel Anro. From the information received, he said, initially group D dispatched 12 non-procedural PMIs from Indonesia to Malaysia using a 40 PK pancung boat departing from Batam City on Monday (5/8) night. Then, the 12 illegal PMIs were transferred to a black 200 PK short boat driven by perpetrators Az and Ed to depart for Malaysia. The transfer of these illegal PMIs was carried out on an island in the Riau Islands region. "Then Tuesday morning, group D returned from Malaysia carrying 11 non-procedural PMIs to Batam via Karimun, but finally managed to secure the F1QR Team on the Kaken Combol beach," he said. Komanan Lanal TBK said that the non-procedural PMI deliberately paid perpetrator D and his gang to go in and out of Malaysia through unofficial channels. The action was carried out at night to avoid being monitored by the authorities. Until now, non-procedural PMI and evidence have been detained at the TBK Lanal Command Headquarters for further investigation. The PMI comes from a number of regions in Indonesia, including two people from Central Java, two people from East Java, one person from North Sumatra and six people from Lombok. This “ Some of them have been working for a long time and have only been working in Malaysia. On average, leaving for Malaysia does not use proper official documents and channels, "” he said.

The PMIs will also be handed over to the Karimun Immigration Office and the Karimun Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) for the process of handling and returning to their respective areas of origin. "Meanwhile, the two perpetrators Az and Ed will be further processed," he said.