Monitoring team deports Korean worker

Monitoring team deports Korean worker

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang

Two weeks after its establishment, the Coordinating Team for
Monitoring and Supervising Foreign Workers in Tangerang regency
deported a South Korean citizen who did not possess the necessary
documents.

Team chairman Kabul Priyono announced on Tuesday that Choi
Young-sim, a 37-year-old Korean woman working at PT KKS in the
regency, was deported on Friday.

"She did not have any of the documents required for a foreign
worker. We already warned the company, too," he said. "Violators
were warned and given time to complete all the required documents
regarding their status as foreign workers here."

Kabul, who is also the regency immigration office head, said
the team would take tough action against foreign workers who
ignored its warnings and did not acquire the necessary documents.

So far, he said, the team had uncovered only minor violations
by foreigners and the companies that employed them.

The team comprises officers from the regency immigration
office, manpower agency, statistics agency, tourism agency,
public order agency, the regional investment coordinating board,
the police and the regional military command.

It is divided into two groups. Group A monitors foreign
workers at industrial firms in Pasar Kemis district, while group
B monitors foreigners in Balaraja district.

The team's group A has warned three Koreans at PT Bosung
Indonesia in Pasar Kemis to extend their work permits, which have
expired.

Similar warnings have been issued to foreign workers employed
by PT Nasa, a Nike shoe producer, also in Pasar Kemis.

Group A leader Syarifuddin Umar said the team had yet to find
any serious violations. "If we find any serious violations, we
will just deport the violators ...."