JAKARTA Hundreds of workers held a demonstration in front of the Malaysian Embassy Building, Jalan HR Rasuna Said, Setiabudi, South Jakarta (Jaksel), Thursday afternoon, January 30. The crowd asked for the death of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in the waters of Tanjung Rhu, Malaysia, to be thoroughly investigated.
The President of the Labor Party, Said Iqbal asked the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto to form a Fact Finding Team (TPF) to thoroughly investigate the shooting carried out by the Malaysian Maritime Strengthening Agency (APMM) against 5 PMIs at that time.
"We ask President Prabowo to form a Fact Finding Team to trace the shooting of 5 PMIs. Go directly to the field," Iqbal told reporters in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Thursday, January 30.
He explained that violence to shootings that led to death was not the first time that had happened to Indonesian Migrant Workers.
Therefore, he asked the Indonesian government to be firm in handling cases that befell PMI in Malaysia.
"This is the umpteenth time this has happened, this is not the first time our migrant workers have been killed."
"This must be a serious problem, unkillingful, without a court of people being shot, killed. The minister is incompetent, the minister removes it," he continued.
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On that basis, Said Iqbal asked the government not only to send diplomatic notes to the Malaysian government, but also to hold Malaysia accountable for the shooting incident.
Moreover, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto recently met with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim recently.
"This is the right time after Pak Prabowo met Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Sultan Agung Malaysia. The right time to fix the migrant workers' regulations, including work wages, job protection," he concluded.
As is known, Indonesian citizens (WNI) migrant workers were shot in the waters of Tanjung Rhu, Malaysia on Friday, January 24. The PMI shooting incident was carried out by the Malaysian Maritime Authority, namely the Malaysian Maritime Strengthening Agency (APMM).
As a result of the shooting, one PMI died and four others were injured, including one critical person. Those who were injured were reported to be Acehnese, while the victim died from Riau.
According to information, the shooting occurred when 26 unprocedural PMIs were trying to get out of Malaysia illegally by boat. In the middle of the trip, the boat they were traveling in was chased by the APMM patrol boat. APMM officers are said to have fired blind shots at the boat from a distance of 20 meters to 25 meters.
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