Purworejo Residents Who Are Free After 17 Years Detained by Malaysian Employer, Revealed Departed Still Minor
PURWOREJO, KOMPAS.COM – Meri Hapsari, Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) from Jetis Village, Loano District, Purworejo, it was revealed that he went to Malaysia in 2005, when he was only 15 years old or under age.
Chairman of the DPRD Purworejo, Dion Agas Setiabudi who helped repatriate Meri said that his party had been in communication with the Consulate General for a long time Kuching. Dion said the service agent who brought Meri did not official or fake.
The agent is a fake agent, Mas. Actually this is concerned yes victim. Before leaving for work, being a TKI should be mandatory communicate with the Manpower and Transmigration Office, so you can check that the agent is official registered or fake, he said.
PASSPORT confiscated, cant go home
Dion added, it is suspected that the agent who channeled Meri abroad it also falsifies identity. Because it was known in 2005 In this case, Meri is 15 years old and does not yet have an ID card.
The person concerned has a falsified identity. Because I communicate With the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching, every year there are cases like this one hundreds, this includes bejo (lucky sir, can go home with congratulations, the rights are also paid, he said.
Arif Budi Susanto, the victims sister, said that initially Meri was taken by agents to work in Tangerang Banten. After a while working at the place, finally the agent offered Meri to work at Malaysia with the lure of high salaries.
Go there (Tangerang) just graduated from elementary school, apparently after arriving there, invited to Malaysia, lured by money or a big salary wong his name is still young, hes interested, he said on Saturday (9/10/2022).
After being in Malaysia, Meri and her family in Purworejo did not can communicate at all. Even Meri cant be contacted for 5 years until 2010.
The family has surrendered, Mas, it cant be contacted because, he said Wise.
EMPLOYER IN MALAYSIA
Arif added that Meri was only able to send letters to communicate after 5 years in Malaysia. It was then that the communication between Meri and family began to be intertwined even with limitations.
