Deported workers sue labor agency

Deported workers sue labor agency

JAKARTA: Eight Indonesian migrant workers, who were deported
by the South Korean government shortly after their arrival on
March 15, reported an Indonesian labor agency's director who
allegedly deceived them, to the city police on Tuesday.

The workers, mostly come from Bitung, North Sulawesi,were
released after being detained for 30 hours for fake document
procession.

One of them said that he and his friends had paid a total of
Rp 17.5 million (US$1,870) to get a job in a packaging plant in
Korea. They were greatly disappointed when it turned out there
were no jobs for them.

"PT Visa Fis Prima (a labor agency) refused to return their
money," said the workers' lawyer, Heppy Wajoengkere.--JP