Job seekers deceiver arrested

TANGERANG: A woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly deceiving some 200 female job seekers by promising to employ them at PT Mandiri Putra, a subsidiary of PT Panarub shoe company, on Jl. M. Toha, Tangerang.

The suspect, Lili Marlina, 24, had asked each job seeker to submit between Rp 400,000 (US$47) and Rp 600,000 for "administrative procedures" and promised them the job.

One of the victims, Lisa, 28, told The Jakarta Post that they were asked by Marlina to wait outside PT Panarub while she talked to Neng Nuraini, who she claimed was a recruitment officer of PT Mandiri Putra, at a food stall.

The suspicious job seekers then checked with security guards at PT Panarub to inquire whether PT Mandiri Putra was a subsidiary of the company and they were shocked to learn that the company did not have any subsidiaries. The guards' statement was confirmed by PT Panarub general manager Phan Tjun Thu.

The guards then nabbed Marlina, who was still at the food stall, and handed her over to Tangerang Police.

"We don't care what the police do to that woman, we just want our money back," said another job seeker Tusihat. -- JP