BP2MI Prevents 18 Prospective Migrant Workers To Singapore

Head of BP2MI, Benny Rhamdani (center) in a press conference at the BP2MI Command Center room, Jakarta, Monday (14/8/2023). (PHOTO BETWEEN)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) has again prevented 18 prospective Indonesian migrant workers (CPMI) who are planned to be dispatched to Singapore.

"Starting from public information about the existence of two Indonesian citizens who are suspected of being recruited to work abroad non-procedurally in Singapore. So, on Monday, August 14, 2023 at around 03.00 WIB, BP2MI officers coordinated with the South Tangerang Police to jointly carry out prevention activities," said Head of BP2MI, Benny Rhamdani, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 14.

He said the PMI candidate was found in a shelter in the Victoria River Park Cluster, North Serpong District, Tangerang City, Selata, Banten.

Two of them are ready to be dispatched to Riau Islands Province using one of the airlines from Soekarno-Hatta, Banten to Hang Nadim, Riau Islands at 05.55 WIB and 16 other people who are currently waiting for departure.

"The prospective Indonesian migrant worker is promised to work as a household assistant (ART) with the lure of a salary of 640-750 Singapore dollars or around Rp. 7 million-Rp. 9 million per month," he said.

The PMI candidate is known to have received an allowance of IDR 5 million to IDR 6 million.

"Of course on this occasion, I as the head of BP2MI would like to express my deepest gratitude to all parties, especially the ranks of the National Police who have supported the eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) involving PMI as a victim, and I hope that the perpetrators can be immediately revealed and processed legally," he said.

In preventing the placement of PMI, the alleged male perpetrator with the initials MAY was also arrested who acted as a recruiter and distributor for PMI candidates, a woman with the initials HK (manager of a shelter and language teaching location), and a male MM (intermediate driver to pick-up to the airport and shopping for necessities at the shelter).

BP2MI appealed to all Indonesian people who will work abroad to comply with work procedures in accordance with existing regulations, through official routes that have been provided as stipulated in Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers.

"Working abroad is the right of every citizen and state to prepare all the facilities needed for the nation's children to work abroad so as to avoid working in an unofficial way," said Benny.