Job training center shut down<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: The Tangerang Municipal Manpower Agency finally
\nshut down on Tuesday the job training center belonging to PT
\nAdisanta Kencana Mas on Jl. Iskandar Muda 8, Neglasari district
\nof Tangerang, which had allegedly mistreated and locked up
\nhundreds of job seekers for several months.<\/p>\n
Adang Turwana of the municipal agency office said it was
\nclosed as the company had been operating illegally. He said the
\nclosure was based upon a written order from Minister of Manpower
\nand Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea on Dec. 23 and the rescue of
\n259 job seekers from the center by Tangerang Police on Friday.<\/p>\n
The job seekers, mostly women, had been promised a job in the
\nMiddle East, but there was no certainty about when they would be
\nsent abroad. The job seekers, who were locked up in the center,
\nbecame restless and wanted to return home. But they could not do
\nso as the management required them to pay millions of rupiah if
\nthey wanted to leave. Some even complained of sexual harassment
\nby the security guards.<\/p>\n
The police questioned owner of the company, Jimmy Chandra, on
\nSaturday. Jimmy, however, was not arrested as the police claimed
\nthat there was no strong evidence to charge him.<\/p>\n
Tangerang Police chief Sr. Comr. Harry Prastowo, said the
\npolice were still studying the case. --JP<\/p>",
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