Health checks may violate regulations

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: A local non-governmental organization (NGO) reported on Monday that employees of labor recruitment agencies (PJTKI) had allegedly violated procedure during health checks of female workers applying to be posted overseas.

Endang Susilowati, the director of Panca Karsa Foundation in West Nusa Tenggara, said that PJTKI employees had reportedly ordered the workers to remove their clothes during the checks.

"This is a violation of health-check regulations," she said, adding that the improper behavior had also insulted the dignity of the workers.

Most of the cases had occurred in Sumbawa regency, she claimed.

Some PJTKIs in various parts of West Nusa Tenggara conduct their own checks of worker's health.

Separately, Sirojul Munir, the head of the provincial's Manpower Office, promised that his office would investigate the reports. If the claims were true, his office would slap severe sanctions on the PJTKIs, including the revocation of their licenses, he said. -- Antara