KL deports hundreds of RI workers

KL deports hundreds of RI workers

MEDAN: Hundreds of illegal Indonesian workers in plantation
and construction projects have flocked North Sumatra province
after Malaysia, once again, launched a raid on illegal migrant
workers in the country.

"Malaysian police have intensified operations to arrest
illegal workers," workers from East Java who had worked in
Malaysia for three months said in the North Sumatra port of
Belawan on Saturday.

During the past week, some 1,036 illegal Indonesian workers
were deported by the Malaysian government to Belawan port in two
groups of 442 workers and 594 workers respectively.

Many of the workers admitted that they had worked in the
neighboring country for quite a long time, both in plantation and
construction projects.

They entered Malaysia through ports in North Sumatra and Riau
provinces, and were promised high salaries. --Antara