Hundreds of illegal workers arrive home

Hundreds of illegal workers arrive home

SURABAYA: Hundreds of Indonesians who had been working illegally
in Malaysia have been returned to the country through Juanda
airport in Surabaya.

"The illegal workers, totaling 223, have been returned to
their hometowns across the archipelago," said Moh. Djaelani, the
head of the East Java provincial administration's manpower
office.

He said the 223 were part of the 2,153 illegal workers who
have been deported from Malaysia since last year through Juanda
airport.

Of that total, 1,336 of the illegal workers came from East
Java, while the remaining were from outside of East Java
province.

The manpower office called on those hoping to work abroad to
secure the proper documents before entering Malaysia, or face
jail or caning in Malaysia. -- JP