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    "data": {
        "id": 1724203,
        "msgid": "ntb-provincial-government-opens-complaint-hotline-for-migrant-workers-forced-to-serve-450-men-in-saudi-arabia-1778156616",
        "date": "2026-05-07 17:10:00",
        "title": "NTB Provincial Government Opens Complaint Hotline for Migrant Workers Forced to Serve 450 Men in Saudi Arabia",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The NTB Provincial Government's Labour and Transmigration Office has launched a complaint hotline for families of two Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) who claim they were forced to service 450 men in Saudi Arabia, though no complaints have been received yet. Officials have contacted the social media account that first shared the viral video but received no response, and are urging the public to use official procedures for overseas employment to avoid such risks. This incident highlights the dangers of unregulated migration channels and the need for better protection mechanisms for Indonesian workers abroad.",
        "content": "<p>The Labour and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) of West Nusa\nTenggara (NTB) has opened a complaint service or hotline for the\nfamilies of two Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) who claim they were\nforced to service 450 lecherous men in a month in Saudi Arabia. However,\nno members of the public have yet lodged complaints with the NTB\nProvincial Government (Pemprov). \u201cUsually, when incidents occur abroad,\nwe contact the embassy. For example, in Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Saudi\nArabia. We have also opened a complaint service, but no complaints have\ncome in,\u201d said the Head of Disnakertrans NTB, Aidy Furqan, when met at\nthe NTB Governor\u2019s Office on Thursday (7\/5\/2026). Furqan explained that\nDisnakertrans NTB has contacted one of the social media accounts that\nfirst uploaded the video of the two PMIs\u2019 confession. The trace revealed\nthat the account owner is from West Java (Jabar). \u201cWe have traced this\naccount to West Java, but he has not responded or replied. We have\ncontacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu), and up to today,\nfor a week now, we have not received any data or valid information,\u201d\nsaid the former Head of the NTB Education Office. Normally, Furqan\nstated, if there are unfortunate incidents experienced by PMIs,\ncomplaints still come in, whether from the embassy, Kemenlu, or the\ncompany or agency that dispatched the victims. \u201cWe are just waiting\nwhile advising the public not to believe or be tempted by unclear job\npromises. We ask that they use safe work procedures,\u201d Furqan emphasised.\nThe incident experienced by the two PMIs, Furqan said, is clearly\nthrough unprocedural channels to Saudi Arabia. If dispatched\nprocedurally, the dispatching company is usually recorded in the\nDisnakertrans NTB system. \u201cThat means avoid the unprocedural ones.\nBecause the procedural ones, we ensure they won\u2019t go wrong. If something\ngoes wrong, it is guaranteed by the company,\u201d Furqan stressed.\nPreviously, the Head of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Service\nCentre (BP3MI) NTB, Ponco Indriyo, admitted that he had not received any\ncomplaints from the families of the two NTB-origin PMIs who went viral\nfor claiming they were forced by their employer in Saudi Arabia to\nservice 15 lecherous men. \u201cUp to today, we have not received any\ncomplaints from the families. Usually, for those done secretly, there is\ninformation from the family, but here there is none yet,\u201d said\nPonco.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ntb-provincial-government-opens-complaint-hotline-for-migrant-workers-forced-to-serve-450-men-in-saudi-arabia-1778156616",
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