Labor supplier in trouble

Labor supplier in trouble

TANGERANG (JP): A labor recruiting company is in trouble for
allegedly misusing a vocational training center in the posh
Modernland housing complex to board 250 women seeking employment
overseas.

The regency has threatened to close down PT Rajasa Intama if
the company is found guilty of misusing its permit for the
building and failing to provide training for the job seekers.

Government officials said the training center was closed to
outside visitors and that the women, supposedly being trained for
between two months and six months, were not allowed to leave the
facility during training periods.

The head of the Ministry of Manpower's Tengerang office, Apon
Suryana, said the building was simply not furnished to house the
job seekers.

The company's management will be summoned to the manpower
office for questioning, he said.

"If they are found guilty of violating the regulations, we
will revoke their business permit," he said.

The company's director, Usman, admitted that he had no permit
to use the facility to house the job seekers. (41/jun)