Navy to bring home illegal workers

Thu, 19 Mar 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: An Indonesian naval ship will fetch 512
Acehnese being held in Malaysian detention centers since last
month for being in the country illegally, Antara reported
yesterday.

"The 512 Indonesians are part of the foreign workforce laid
off by their employers in Malaysia," Governor Syamsuddin Mahmud
said here yesterday.

The financial crisis in Malaysia has also caused foreign
laborers from Bangladesh and India to lose their jobs.

Most of the Indonesian illegal workers in Malaysian are those
who overstayed and have been arrested since October 1997.

Last year Malaysia apprehended about 3,000 illegal Indonesian
workers, with 512 of them coming from Aceh.

Syamsuddin promised to include the deported workers in labor
intensive projects at home.

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