Indonesian Navy Thwarts The Smuggling Of PMI And Bangladeshi Foreigners To Malaysia

A number of non-procedural PMIs and Bangladeshi foreigners were secured by the Indonesian Navy when they were about to be smuggled into Malaysia through Batam waters, Riau Islands, Sunday (31/3/2024). BETWEEN ANTARA/HO-Dispen Lantamal IV.

TANJUNGPINANG - The Indonesian Navy Task Force Team from the IV Batam Navy Main Base (Lantamal), Riau Islands (Kepri), succeeded in thwarting the smuggling of prospective Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) and foreigners from Bangladesh to Malaysia.

"Eight illegal PMI candidates were arrested, each consisting of four Bangladeshi foreigners, three Indonesian citizens from Lombok and a tekong with the initials S alias A (30 years)," said Commander of Lantamal IV Batam, First Admiral TNI Tjatur Soniarto as reported by ANTARA, Monday, April 1.

Admiral Tjatur said that during the failure, they were in a speedboat or speedboat with 40 and 15 PK engines.

From the information obtained, he said, for one person who will be dispatched to Malaysia, a fee of Rp. 13 million to Rp. 18 million for Indonesian citizens is set.

Meanwhile, four non-procedural foreigners from Bangladesh were asked for funds of around Rp. 79 million each by tekong domiciled in Batam.

He explained that initially the task force team received information that there would be illegal departure of PMI candidates from the people's port of Dapur 12 Sagulung to Geranging Island in Behind Padang District, Sunday (31/3).

Furthermore, reconnaissance and the team saw that there was a fast boat with a 40 PK engine and 15 PK entering the Charcoal Kitchen River and the team immediately pursued the ship.

"Finally, our team managed to secure eight people related to the smuggling of non-procedural workers to Malaysia, each with the initials S, N, S, M, JI, R, ZK and M," he said.