The number of 16 illegal Indonesian guest workers were forced to go back to Indonesia by Malaysian government. They came from Sumenep, Madura, East Java. They arrived to Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya on last week.

They were given money by Manpower Institution of Sumenep to go back to their village. They could get this money by shows memo from Manpower Institution of East Java Province.

One of the Indonesian guest workers who was forced to go back, Samsuri, said that he had worked in Malaysia for 3 months. Her salary was Rp 150 thousands per day. He was arrested on 19 June by Malaysian police. He also admitted that his money which was earned was gone when he was arrested.

One of Indonesian guest workers in Malaysia was ran to Tuanku Jaffar Hospital, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, because her mouth was often burned with candle by her employer. She was also forced to drink hot water because her employer accused that she was lazy.

Chief of Seremban Police, Negeri Sembilan, Saiful Azly Kamaruddin, said that the victim had a heavily injured in her mouth and throat. Her ears were bleeding too. She could not talk because her mouth was salivating.

According to the report, the age of this Indonesia guest was 25 years old, but it did not mention her identity. She lived in Taman Desa Melati with her employer. She is still nursing at the hospital now.

Manpower Staff of Republic of Indonesia Embassy, Teguh H Cahyono, said that his party would be taking some action to this case when he was contacted. He would be looking for her name and her identity.

One of the Indonesian guest workers from Magelang, Central Java, had experienced violence from her employer. She had not already received her salary for one year. She was also hit, forced to eat detergent and sand by her employer.

Pujianti was making escape when her employer received the call in second floor. She leaved her employer’s house and walked down the stream. And then she met the another Indonesian guest workers. He gave her food and brought her to the police.

She just prosecute her rights. She wanted her employer gave her salary. She admitted that she did not want to work in Malaysia again. She said that it was the first and the last she worked in Malaysia.

Head of Service and Supervision of Indonesian guest workers in Malaysia, Amirudin, said that his party would be asking the agency which was departed her to Malaysia. He also said that he would be asking her employer too to help Pujianti get her rights. Malaysian police have already arrested her employer now.

Illegal Indonesian Guest Workers in Malaysia were deported by Malaysian Government. Many of them had experienced violence and sexual harassment. For example Hariana, Indonesian guest workers from South East Celebes. She admitted that she often had had bad treatment from her employer, so she often had a headache.

Sometimes she had not ate from her employer. Not only Hariana who got bad treatment from the employer. The another Indonesian guest workers, Erik, had had experienced violence from warder in Malaysia. They hit him if he could not exercise.

Secretary General of Social Department, Alex Triono said that these Indonesian guest workers were deported from Malaysia because they did not have the legal documents. Before sent them back to Indonesia, they were arrested in Lokap Kota Tinggi, Malaysia for 1 month.

They were departed from Pasir Gudang Port, New Johor, Malaysia by ferry to Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Priok, and Tanjung Perak.