Suwarni, the Indonesian guest workers from Pakah village, Mantingan, Ngawi, East Java, died in Singapore. She was 25 years old. She died of falling from 9th floor of her apartment. The family of Suwarni said that they accepted the death of Suwarni defenselessly. But they demanded that the rights of suwarni to be fulfilled.

She departed to Singapore on May 2007. It was the first time for her to work as a migrant worker. She departed through PT Mutiara Putra Utama, one of the agencies in Sragen, Central Java.

When worked in Singapore, Suwarni contacted her family only once. She is the second child in her family. For her family, Suwarni is their life support, so the family hoped that the rights of her can be given to them.

Head of Placement of The Indonesian Guest Workers for Ngawi Regional, Sujipto, said that his party will help the family to take care of management to get her rights. He also said that his party will have coordination with the agency. Sujipto said that if Suwarni went to Singapore legally, he make sure that her family will get the rights.

The weakness of supervision and protection for the Indonesian guest workers from Indonesia government effected the case that similar with the slavery practice. Many migrant workers had experienced violence and sexual harassment.

The Human Right Watch (HRW) had been analyzing the treatment that was experienced by the migrant workers in Arab for 2 years, from December 2006 until March 2008. It founded the awkwardness and revealed the fact which was written in a book “Seolah Saya Bukan Manusia, Kesewenang-wenangan terhadap Pekerja Rumah Tangga Asia di Arab Saudi”.

If they had a good luck, the migrant workers would had good fieldwork in Arab. But in the other way, they would had a bad treatment from their employers. They would be hard done by their employer like a slave.

This fact was gotten by interviewed the 86 person of the migrant workers in Arab. HRW concluded that 36 person of the migrant workers had a bad treatment from their employer, such as trafficking, did not get the salary, and event they got hit by their employer.

Because of that, HRW played along with local LSM to persuade all element to more concern with fundamental rights of migrant workers. HRW hoped that the Indonesia and Arab government want to make some innovation in law to protect the migrant workers.

The government will be founding the organization of Indonesian Guest Workers Supervision. This organization has task to supervise and control the Indonesian guest workers who worked at household. Head of BNP2TKI, Jumhur Hidayat said that this organization will supervise the Indonesian guest workers by phone. This organization will also calling the Indonesian guest workers one by one.

For the first step, his party will be founding this organization in Malaysia on July 2008. The supervision will be doing to 500 workers in Malaysia for the first 6 months since they work.

Jumhur hoped that with founding of this organization, his party could supervise the workers and their employers one by one. If the workers have some problem with their employers, this organization will be the mediator for them. But if the workers had the violence from their employer, this organization would take the action to protect the workers by pick them up from their employers.

He also said that they will be founding this organization in another countries, such as Arab and Oman. This organization will prepare the attorneys to accompany the workers to work in that countries. Indonesia government will prepare the attorneys to help them in law process.

One of the Indonesian guest workers who just arrived to Indonesia, Indra, said that the agencies in several countries exploited them by cut their salary. She also said that when she just arrived to Sukarno-Hatta airport, they had to pay the illegal retribution to the immigration officer.

Jumhur said that their party will take the action to the agencies which was exploited the workers by blacklist the agencies. About the service in terminal 3, Sukarno-Hatta airport, he said that now, there is no retribution Rp. 25.000 for the Indonesia guest workers who just arrive.

The number of the Indonesian guest workers who were sold to Iraq were believed increase. They were not placed run with their contract, so they got troubled to back to Indonesia. Their family hoped that Indonesia government could helped them.

Head of Information and Documentation of Association of Indonesia Migrant Workers (SBMI), Jamaludin, said that the number of the Indonesian guest workers who were sold to Iraq were 16 people. But one of the Indonesian guest workers in Iraq said that the number of the Indonesian guest workers who were sold were 50 people.

The Indonesian guest workers who were sold to Iraq come from Brebes and Indramayu. They stayed in camp of Bruska Agency in Kurdistan, Iraq. In camp, they worked without received the salary.

According to Jamaludin, SBMI had asked to Department of Foreign Affairs about the solution of this case, but they still could not back to Indonesia. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) had negotiated to Bruska Agency, but the agency threatened to explode the Indonesian guest workers.

Jamaludin also said that Brebes government had to insist the Department of Foreign Affairs to help the Indonesian guest worked who were trapped in Iraq to go back to Indonesia. It was because Iraq was the conflict area and it was dangerous for them.

Kiki (27), sister of Supriyatin (26), one of the Indonesia guest workers who was sold to Iraq said that she had the last contact with her sister was on 7th June. Her sister said that the number of Indonesian guest workers more increasingly. Kiki hoped her sister could went back to Indonesia safely.