Labor exporter wanted in Parepare

Labor exporter wanted in Parepare

PAREPARE, South Sulawesi: Local police are chasing a labor exporter identified as AM, the main suspect involved in swindling job seekers in the province last September.

First Insp. J.R. Sitinjak, chief of the detective section of Parepare Police precinct, said here on Saturday that according to witnesses, the suspect had received hundreds of millions of rupiah from 83 job-seekers who were promised jobs overseas.

"Another suspect, who is also under arrest, has testified that he transferred the money to the main suspect in Jakarta through his bank account from a bank in the city," he said, citing the other suspect was called Risha Aris.

The main suspect is the president of labor-export company PT Amalgita Purnama based in Jakarta.

Sitinjak said the police had sent letters to the suspect several times to summon him to Parepare but the latter ignored it.

"We have asked the police in Jakarta to arrest the suspect," he said.

He said the company had asked 83 job seekers to pay Rp 4 million each to be employed on tourist ferries overseas but, so far, the job seekers had not yet been employed. --Antara