Entering Home TKW Asal Cianjur Terkabul, Mahfud MD Puji KBRI Riyadh: Bagus, Gercep

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD. (Instagram mohmahfudmd)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD appreciated the quick action of the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, repatriating Siti Kurmeisah, a female worker (TKW) Cianjur who claimed to have received arbitrary treatment from her employer's family.

"Good,gercep [fast movement]," Mahfud wrote on his Twitter account, @mohmahfudmd, Monday, January 30.

Mahfud said that many Indonesian immigrant workers (PMI) still face inappropriate treatment in working locations.

"Many of our TKI/TKW have been treated like slaves abroad and on foreign-owned ships," he said.

In fact, not a few Indonesian citizens or Indonesian citizens still receive income that is not what they promised when leaving. PMI who became victims, including those who departed on the legal route, was involved in the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) by syndicates.

"I see shelters in some of our Indonesian Embassys abroad. Very concerning," said Mahfud.

Mahfud's appreciation to the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh after receiving the report that Siti Kurmeisah had been processed according to the provisions so that she could immediately return to the country.

"Permission to report to the Coordinating Minister @mohmahfudmd PMI from Cianjur by the Indonesian Embassy Riyadh team is running fast. Now the decree is in the shelter of the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh. The repatriation process is processed according to the provisions," wrote the Twitter account of the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, @IndonesiaInRYD, Sunday, January 29.

Indonesian citizen from Cianjur Siti Kurmeisah admitted that she received inappropriate treatment by her employer in the country where she worked. After conducting a search, Siti, who talked about her condition in the video, went viral on social media, and worked in Saudi Arabia.

Mahfud, who knew about this, asked the Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziah, Minister of PPPA Bintang Puspayoga to explore Siti's request. In his tweet, the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court suspected that Siti was under pressure by feeling afraid so that he rushed to inform the situation via video.

"For the Indonesian government, please help me. I want to return to Indonesia. The one who sent me PT PTM, the East Mandiri Son. I want to go back to Indonesia, please help me. I am here being slandered and my employer's children continue to be blamed, and I am always blamed with my employer. I always can't be with my employer. Please help me, go back to Indonesia. I beg you, thank you," said Siti in the video circulating.