Becoming Victims of Human Trafficking, 5 Migrant Workers from Lampung Complain to the Police

Victims of migrant workers from Lampung reported to the police (ANTARA/HO)

LAMPUNG - Five victims of the alleged criminal act of selling people from Lampung complained to the Lampung Police. The five of them have just been repatriated by the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru Malaysia.

Head of Public Relations of the Lampung Police Commissioner (Kombes) Zahwani Pandra Arsyad said the report was contained in the LP/B/97/III/2023/SPKT/POLDA LPG dated March 8, 2023.

"Companies that provide Migrant Worker (TKI) services with the aim of going to Malaysia are subject to criminal sanctions as referred to in Article 2 paragraphs (1) and (2) in conjunction with Article 4 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) or Articles 81 and Article 83 of the Law RI Number 18 of 2017 concerning Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers," explained Pandra in Bandarlampung, Antara, Thursday, March 9.

The incident began on January 24, 2023. The Indonesian Embassy in Johor Bahru received a complaint from a PMI on behalf of Pri Hartini that there were four PMI people at the Johor Bahru Temple in Malaysia who were working non-procedurally or illegally through the Ports of Batam and Dumai, Riau Islands in October 2022.

Then, on January 25, 2023, the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru together with the Johor State Labor Office, the Batu Pahat Police visited the temple where the four PMIs worked, then they were secured at the Indonesian Consulate in Johor Bahru Malaysia for the process of returning to Indonesia.

Sub Directorate IV Renakta Ditreskrimum Polda Lampung together with relevant stakeholders, namely BP2MI, Manpower Office, and Lampung Provincial Social Service, picked up the delivery of the five PMIs from BP2MI to the Lampung Province Social Service.

Then they were placed in the Trauma Protection Center (RPTC) and then the five victims were taken to the Lampung Regional Police to make an official report.

The five victims were all female, with the initials RW (55), AW (45), PN (44), EWL (22), and PH (58) residents of Bandarlampung, while the other four victims were residents of East Lampung.