Central Java (Central Java) Governor Ahmad Luthfi said he had prepared a number of steps to anticipate fraud against prospective Indonesian migrant workers (CPMI) in his area.
Luthfi said one of them was by involving the local village head in the recruitment process. He conveyed this after receiving a visit from the Minister of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding at the Central Java Governor's Office in Semarang, Tuesday, April 15.
"We have to pick up the ball. Don't let cases go down then. Starting recruitment has started to involve the village head, asking for a statement from the village head, until the top level. Then the place (of the placement country)," he said, was confiscated by Antara.
According to Luthfi, the Central Java Provincial Government and district/city governments cannot run alone in dealing with migrant workers, so they need to cooperate and involve cross-sectoral agencies, including law enforcement, such as the police and immigration.
Collaboration with relevant agencies, he said, is needed to anticipate illegal levies, counterfeiting, fraud, and illegal departures that in the future will harm migrant workers.
"Compensively they must be ready. There are no more frauds and so on," he said.
Based on data in 2024, the placement of PMI from Central Java reached 66,611 people. By 2025, starting from March, there have been 14,361 placements.
They come from various regions in Central Java with the aim of placing in six countries, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore. Also, there are several other countries, one of which is Germany.
Looking at the data, Luthfi said he had instructed the Central Java Provincial Manpower and Transmigration Office to create a "role model" in mentoring and training so that there was alignment of recruitment to departure.
In addition, it is also necessary to synergize with the Indonesian Migrant Workers Placement Company (P3MI). In Central Java there are around 45 P3MI headquarters and 217 branch offices.
"We monitor labor distribution agencies. Do not let new cases be caught," he said.
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Meanwhile, P2MI Minister Abdul Kadir Karding admitted that quite a number of PMIs departed unprocedurally, aka illegal, so they experienced problems in the country they were aiming for, such as violence and exploitation.
The countries that are the destinations for the illegal departure of PMI include Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
"Now there is a new trend to Cambodia and Myanmar. Especially educated children who are deceived through information on social media," he said.
In this regard, the Ministry of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers has closed a number of migrant workers who violate the rules, especially those who send PMIs that are not in accordance with procedures.
"All collaborations (PMI, ed.) are illegal because there is no cooperation in placement there. Some are online gambling operators, some are restaurants, some are 'scamming'. On average (work, ed.) online gambling and scamming," he said.
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