Executive tried for not insuring employees<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Court indicted an executive of a
\nworker placement agency yesterday for failing to insure his
\nemployees and illegally hiring a foreign worker.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Baginda Lumbangaol demanded defendant Abdul Muin M.
\nAliun, president of PT Almas Corporation, be sentenced to three
\nmonths in jail with probation of six months.<\/p>\n
Baginda said, based on witnesses' testimonies and the
\ndefendant's statement, Muin had been proved guilty of not
\ninsuring his 23 employees in the state-run Jamsostek worker
\ninsurance scheme as required by the law.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant was guilty of violating Article 29 of Law No.
\n3\/1992 on employee insurance,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the defendant also admitted to having illegally
\nemployed an Egyptian man, identified as Sahid Muhamad Mustofa, to
\nteach Arabic and Arabic culture to candidate workers last year
\nbefore the workers were sent to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Asmar Ismail adjourned the trial until next
\nweek to give Muin time to prepare his plea.<\/p>\n
The defendant has refused to be accompanied by lawyers since
\nthe beginning of the trial.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Wednesday, Muin's brother, Abdul Malik M. Aliun, a
\ncommissioner of the same company, was also indicted in the same
\ncourtroom for slandering the director general of manpower
\nplacement and development of the manpower ministry.<\/p>\n
Malik reportedly made remarks which were then published by
\nlocal media that the high-ranking official had used Rp 700
\nmillion (US$233,333) belonging to the Association of Worker
\nPlacement Companies (APJATI).<\/p>\n
Malik, who is the advisory chairman of APJATI, also said that
\nabout 60 percent of Rp 3 billion of APJATI's fund was used by
\nofficials of the ministry.<\/p>\n
The defendant was charged under Article 310 of the Criminal
\nCode, if proved guilty he could face a maximum punishment of nine
\nmonths or a fine of Rp 4,500. (jun)<\/p>",
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