Illegal workers deported

Illegal workers deported

PEKANBARU, Riau: The Malaysian government has been deporting a
monthly average of 2,000 Indonesian workers for trying to
illegally enter the country from the Dumai port.

Sudarjono of the immigration department at Riau provincial
office of justice said that 10,861 illegal workers have been
deported between January and June through ports along the east
coast of Sumatra.

A number of workers have been found using fake traveling
documents. According to Sudarjono, in 1996 alone at least 100
passport have been obtained from the deported illegal workers.

Riau Governor Soeripto has recently ordered security apparatus
to increase vigilance over labor-brokers who promised workers
employment in the neighboring country using false documents. (14)