Siak rejects harboring deported workers

Siak rejects harboring deported workers

PEKANBARU, Riau: Siak Regent Arwin A.S. said in Riau on Tuesday his administration rejected a request from a labor recruitment agency to use the town as a transit point for migrant workers deported by the Malaysian government after January's riot in the neighboring country.

Citing Dumai as an example, Aswin said he did not want his region to become a base for migrant workers and job seekers trying to sneak into neighboring countries where they later create various social problems.

"Our refusal should not be seen as taking an unfriendly stance toward others, we just don't want our own people to suffer. The central government should pick up the migrant workers and send them straight home in a big ship," he said.--Antara