Illegal workers sent home

Illegal workers sent home

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Six illegal workers deported from
Malaysia arrived here last week.

The workers were repatriated in cooperation with the
Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Lukman Hakim, an official of
the East Nusa Tenggara social affairs office, said yesterday.

The six arrived here Saturday and were returned to their home
villages Sunday after they were lectured by the social affairs
office on the proper procedures for seeking employment abroad.

"They acknowledged that they had been to Malaysia several
times without following the official procedures," he said as
quoted by Antara.

Regent of East Flores Henky Mukin said it is difficult to ban
people from going abroad illegally.

"Although we always remind them to abide by the regulations in
going abroad, we have not been very successful," he said.