JAKARTA - Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Service and Protection Center for Riau Islands Province (BP3MI Kepri) Imam Riyadi said that his party had not received any information regarding the Riau Islands residents being one of the PMI victims of the shooting in Malaysia.

According to Imam, his party continues to monitor the development of information and coordinate with the KP2MI, Central BP2MI, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indonesian Embassy regarding the shooting case in Malaysia.

"There is no official information from the Indonesian Embassy (the victim from Riau Islands) yet," said Imam, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 29.

The officer prevented the National Police from coordinating with the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia for the victims of the PMI shooting that occurred in Slangor, Kuala Lumpur, that the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur had handled the incident.

In addition, he said, the National Police's superiors had also coordinated with the Malaysian Royal Police (PDRM).

"This case is still under PDRM investigation and the progress will be informed to the Indonesian Embassy," he said.

Temporary information received by BP3MI Riau, PMI who was the victim of two PMIs, one from Riau died and 1 person came from Aceh suffered injuries, and three injured victims are still being identified waiting for information from the Indonesian Embassy.

"We are especially ready for BP3MI from the border area if the results of the PMI investigation are related in the Riau Islands region," said Imam.

Previously, the shooting incident of five non-procedural PMIs by APMM occurred on Friday (24/1/2025) at 03.00 in the morning Malaysian time.

The shooting incident resulted in the death of a migrant worker, one another in critical condition, and three people being treated at several hospitals in Selangor, Malaysia.


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