Syafi’i, the Indonesian guest worker from Bojonegoro who died in Malaysia because had a toothache was buried in his village, Sukosewu. His corpse arrived on Tuesday at 10.45 PM. It was accompanied by the officers of Andromeda Graha agency.

Head of Manpower and Transmigration Institution of Bojonegoro, Bambang Budi Susanto, said that his party could not guarantee that his heir would be receiving compensation from the government.

He said that Syafi’i departed to Malaysia not trough Manpower and Transmigration Institution of Bojonegoro, so that he could not gave the guarantee. All the process of departing was done by Andromeda Graha Agency.

Bambang said that his party tried to check the process of departing. He would be trying to ask the responsibility to agency which was departing him.

The Ambassador of Indonesia for Malaysia, Da’i Bachtiar asked the Indonesian guest workers who worked in Malaysia to learn from the tragedy of sinking ship. Tugboat which brought hundreds Indonesian guest workers was sinking in Malaysia. At least 11 died on this tragedy.

They wanted to go back to Indonesia to celebrate Iedul Fitri, but fate is not on their side. Da’i Bachtiar hope this tragedy would not repeat. He appreciated the action of Malaysian Government for the cooperation to help these Indonesian guest workers.

The Embassy of Indonesia in Malaysia would be meeting all expenses for funeral and medical treatment. The Indonesian guest workers who saved from the accident would be returned back to Indonesia.

Da’i said that his party would be playing along with the police and immigration institution to return them back to Indonesia.

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.

According to the data from National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for West Kalimantan, the number of the deportation of Indonesian guest workers from Serawak, Malaysia, is increasing in three years.

In 2007, the number of the Indonesian guest workers deported from Serawak was 2.493 people. It was higher than the number of the deportation in 2006, which was 1.824 people.

The staff of National Commission of Human Right for Kalbar Regional, Padmi J. Candramidi, said that the Indonesian guest workers who were deported by Malaysia Government were illegal immigrant workers. It was because they did not have the legal documents from the immigration office or brought the documents with false identity.

According to Padmi, The consulate general of Indonesia in Malaysia recorded that in 2007, there was 284 case of violence and exploitation of Indonesia guest workers in Serawak. For the example, many Indonesian guest workers did not get their salary they deserve; they were also cheated by broker of Indonesian guest workers.

Head of National Commission of Human Right for West Kalimantan Regional, Achmad Husainie, said that the accumulation of the violation and violence was came from domestic problem. For the example, there was many the deception of identity, low education of the Indonesian guest workers, and illegal livies.

The visit President SBY to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was hoped resolve all the problems of The Indonesian guest workers between Indonesia - Malaysia. The meeting this time discussed about special problem.

Chief of Faction PPP, Lukman Hakim Syaifudin, said that there has been a meeting between the two heads of state, but in this meeting, they focused on Indonesian guest workers problems and economic aspects. He said that Indonesian guest workers problems got a bigger portion than previous meeting.

The President has been meeting with Prime Minister Malaysia to discuss about the effort protection for Indonesian guest workers in Malaysia. They also discussed about the opening of plantation of oil palm.

Two heads of state carried out the meeting on 11th and 12th January, 2008. President was accompanied by Minister of Commerce Marie Elka Pangestu, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Erman Suparno, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasan Wirayuda.

Malaysia began deportations of 829 Indonesian overseas workers (TKI) after the workers had served time in Malaysian prisons or undergone other punishments, mostly for visa or passport irregularities.

Most of them were caned with a rattan stick. Said Didik Trimardjono, an Indonesian consular official in Johor Bahru. Deputy Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia, A Mohamad Fachir, sees off 52 guest workers being deported.

Meanwhile Renvyannis Gazali, Indonesia’s consular general in Johor Baru, recently toured a number of Malaysian prisons and said dozens of the Indonesian female inmates there were pregnant or had recently given birth. Dozens were pregnant, I saw dozens of babies there.

Fachir says he doesn’t know whether the women fell pregnant in prison or before being arrested. He says he often visits prisons to check on conditions for Indonesian inmates, and that these conditions are often very poor.

The Malaysian immigration office says in 2006 Indonesia accounted for the biggest number of foreign workers in the country at 1,174,013 people, followed by 213,551 Nepalese, 138,313 Indians, and 109,219 Burmese.

The Director of the Indonesian Sociology Research Institute, Khairudin Harahap, says there are currently 53 Indonesian guest workers on death row or facing death sentences in Malaysia, with most of them being held at the Sungai Buluh prison in Selanggor.

Of the 53 thirty seven are from Aceh, seven from North Sumatera, two from Madura, and one each from Riau, Tulungagung, Bali, and NTB, while for three others their places of origin are not known. Two among the 53 are women, they being Maria Palo who is probably from Sulawesi and Mariana Mariaji from Tulung Agung in East Java.