Migrant workers robbed upon arrival home

Migrant workers robbed upon arrival home

BOGOR: Four migrant workers who had just returned from
Malaysia were found unconscious in a villa here on Tuesday
morning after they were robbed by men they met upon arrival at
Soekarno-Hatta Airport the previous day.

The workers were rushed to hospital. One of them, Ridwan, was
still in a coma as of Wednesday.

The owner of the villa, Unun Pramana Sucipto, 70, said on
Tuesday that on Monday at about 2 p.m., 12 people in a minivan
arrived and rented the villa. Two hours later, three people left,
followed by five others. They had backpacks and other belongings
with them. "I was not suspicious. I thought they would return
later," he said.

In the morning, Unun found a wounded, bleeding man on the
floor. He immediately reported the case to the police.

First Insp. AS Ridwan of the Cisarua Police told reporters
later that the robbers deceived the victims at the airport by
claiming they were from the same hometown and that they had also
just returned home from Malaysia. The robbers then suggested that
they take a rest in Cisarua before returning home. In the villa,
they gave the victims herbal drinks laced with barbiturates.

One of them, Ridwan, however, gained conscious before the
robbers left, and was severely beaten by the robbers.--JP