Migrant workers flee Malaysia

Migrant workers flee Malaysia

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Three Indonesian women have
escaped from their labor placement agent in the Malaysian town of
Miri after discovering that they were to be employed as sex
workers.

The women, who introduced themselves as Dwi, 29, Feny, 20, and
Anti, 20, told Antara on Saturday that they left their hometown
Semarang after their agent offered them jobs as restaurant
waitresses.

Upon arriving in Miri near the border with West Kalimantan on
June 2, the three women learned that their agent had offered Feny
to a man for 1,600 Malaysian ringgit.

They also found out later that their passports were fake.

A church employee brought them to the local police, who then
sent them back to Indonesia. The three are now under the
protection of the South Kalimantan chapter of Women's Association
for Legal Aid (LBH APIK). (04)