70 RI workers stranded in Sabah<\/p>\n
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Seventy workers from here were
\nstranded in Sabah, Malaysia, after being duped out of cash by the
\nmanpower supplier who sent them abroad, Antara reported
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
The workers, who were recruited last year by the PT Sabrina
\nPramitha labor export company, were reportedly treated as slave
\nlabor by their Malaysian employers.<\/p>\n
The manpower agent charged each of the workers Rp 350,000
\n(US$152) for transportation and told them they would be employed
\nby a plywood company at a monthly salary of Rp 400,000.<\/p>\n
Upon arrival in Malaysia, the workers were taken to and forced
\ninto hard labor at a coconut plantation in Lahat Datu.<\/p>\n
The employer refused to pay them, saying he had \"bought\" each
\nof them for Rp 475,000 each from a tekong (middleman) in Nunukan,
\nEast Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
Six workers managed to return home and report the problem to
\nthe local manpower office and the city council in Sumbawa.<\/p>\n
Murdianto, the acting head of the provincial manpower office,
\nsaid authorities will investigate the allegations. (sim)<\/p>",
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