A 33-year-old woman from Bekasi, Lely R, has gone viral on social\nmedia after posting a plea for assistance to return home from\nMorocco.<\/p>\n
Lely\u2019s story first gained widespread attention after being shared by\nthe Instagram account @radar_bekasi<\/span>. The post detailed how\nLely has been sheltering at the Indonesian Embassy in Morocco since\nSaturday, 14 February 2026.<\/p>\n When contacted by Kompas.com, Lely revealed that she travelled to\nMorocco to work after discovering a foreign job vacancy posted on a\nThread account, @bjulie46_id<\/span>. The opportunity attracted\nher due to financial pressures as a single parent.<\/p>\n After seeing the advertisement, Lely contacted the account that had\nposted the job information. She was then directed to communicate with a\nMoroccan man named Yassin for an interview with the prospective employer\nin late December 2025.<\/p>\n Following the interview process, Lely received a plane ticket on 14\nJanuary 2026, with a departure date of 18 January 2026.<\/p>\n According to Lely, she had been promised that all required work\ndocuments would be arranged by the agent she had connected with through\nThread. She was told that documents such as identity cards would be\nprepared after her arrival in Morocco.<\/p>\n \u201cThe agent told me that was indeed how the process worked. I would\nget an ID in Morocco with my employer present. But it turned out the\nvisa was just a 90-day visitor visa,\u201d Lely said.<\/p>\n Upon arrival in Morocco, Lely claimed to be shocked when the job\noffered did not match the original agreement. She had been told she\nwould work solely as a nanny, but was instead asked to take on\nadditional duties as a domestic assistant.<\/p>\n She was also required to care for one of the employer\u2019s children with\nspecial needs.<\/p>\n \u201cMy work essentially doubled. Then there were conflicts, and\neventually I was returned to the agent,\u201d Lely said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I arrived at the terminal, I took the initiative to contact the\nIndonesian Students\u2019 Association in Morocco. Then I was directed to the\nIndonesian Embassy,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n Lely also stated that the salary she received did not match what had\nbeen promised before her departure.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was promised at 8 million rupiah, but I only received 5 million\nrupiah,\u201d she said.<\/p>",
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