Three labor firms raided<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
A tipoff led to the Jakarta Police and government officials
\nraiding three labor export firms in separate locations for
\nillegally sheltering 168 prospective migrant workers on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The team, which included officials from the Ministry of
\nManpower and Transmigration, found 95 people housed in basic
\nconditions in a former factory building in Kebayoran Lama, South
\nJakarta. All were promised jobs in Singapore, Hong Kong and
\nTaiwan as housemaids.<\/p>\n
Police said the shelter was operated by two people identified
\nonly by their initials as \"WN\" and \"R\", who were from labor
\nexporters PT Mustari Mitra Mahkota and PT Iin Era Sejahtera
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
Police found another 63 people in the second shelter located
\nin an office area in Kalideres, West Jakarta, who had also been
\npromised jobs in Asia as maids. Police said the shelter was
\nsupervised by \"F\" and \"BK\" -- both directors of PT Bina Karya
\nLestari.<\/p>\n
Ten more prospective workers were found in a second shelter in
\nKalideres, run by a \"MZ\" and a \"BB\", owned by PT Sukma Karya
\nSejati.<\/p>\n
Police said the three companies had no licenses to recruit and
\nto shelter the job seekers who had been mistreated.<\/p>\n
\"Although the companies have permits to operate as labor
\nexporters, they don't have the licenses to operate the shelters,\"
\ngeneral crimes chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Sigit Sudarmanto said.<\/p>\n
He said that all the migrant workers were told to sleep on the
\nfloor without adequate bedding and were not given sufficient
\nfacilities as the regulations stated.<\/p>\n
Although the police have yet to declare any suspects in the
\ncase, they said those found guilty of violating Law No. 39\/2004
\non manpower faced a maximum penalty of 10 years' jail and\/or a
\nfine of Rp 15 billion (US$1.68 million).<\/p>\n
All the workers were now being sheltered at the ministry's
\nfacility in Ciracas, East Jakarta, while the shelter supervisors
\nwere being questioned by the police.<\/p>",
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