Migrant worker robbed

Migrant worker robbed

JAKARTA: An Indonesian migrant worker, Gusnul, 24, reported to
Tanjung Priok seaport police upon his arrival from Tanjung Pinang
seaport in Bintan island, Riau, that he had been robbed by four
men at Tanjung Pinang on Friday.

Gusnul, who was then recommended to report the case to Senen
Police subprecinct, told police that the men stole Rp 2.4 million
(US$282.35) in cash as he arrived from Malaysia where he has been
working on an oil palm plantation for two years.

The four men, he said, mugged him and forced him to enter a
black sedan. He was later taken to a house where three other
people, one of them a woman, were also being held.

"The woman told me to cry if I wanted to get out," he said.

So he cried and after four hours he was finally released and
given a ticket by his captors on the Samudra Jaya ship heading
for Jakarta.

Gusnul was then given a recommendation letter by police to
enable him to return home to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara free of
charge. It was not clear if the police planned to investigate the
robbery gang on Bintan.

"Luckily I had sent most of my money beforehand," Gusnul said.
-- JP