The illegal migrant workers who came from West Java were arrested in Pontianak last Saturday at 08.00 p.m. as they were about to depart for Sarawak aboard a bus.Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Police in West Kalimantan province foiled an attempt of smuggling 29 illegal migrant workers to the Malaysian state of Sarawak at the weekend, a spokesman said.
The illegal migrant workers who came from West Java were arrested in Pontianak last Saturday at 08.00 p.m. as they were about to depart for Sarawak aboard a bus, West Kalimantan police spokesman Adj Snr Comr Mukson Munandar said on Sunday.
"They could not produce necessary documents to work abroad so we arrested them," he said.
Mukson said the police also have arrested a Pontianak resident, identified by his initials as Ud, who is strongly believed to be a supplier of illegal migrant workers to the neighboring country.
"Ud has promised well-paid jobs to the would-be migrant workers," he said.
Based on the results of a preliminary investigation, Ud acted as a supplier of illegal workers by collaborating with somebody else in West Java to lure the would-be illegal migrant workers, he said.
Shortly after they arrived in Pontianak, Ud later sent them to Malaysia aboard a bus, he said.
"We will coordinate with police in West Java and Malaysia to see if other people have been involved in the sending of the illegal workers," he said.
The illegal migrant workers are being held at the West Kalimantan provincial social service.
Ud may be charged with violating Law No. 39 of 2004 on Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers and Law No. 21 of 2007 on Human Trafficking Crimes, he said.(*)
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