Human trafficking victims to testify

JAKARTA: The National Police said on Wednesday they had transported 10 women victims of human trafficking from their temporary homes in Dumai, Riau, to Jakarta to serve as key witnesses in their cases.

The 10 were among the 33 women who arrived on Tuesday in Dumai after they were repatriated from Kuala Lumpur. At least 108 other Indonesian workers were also deported.

The majority had faced work-related problems in the neighboring country.

"The police will handle the cases of 33 women, while the others will be dealt with by the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration," said a senior police officer. -- JP