TANGERANG: Police and the national migrant workers body prevented 63 migrant workers from leaving the country at the Soekarno-Hatta airport on Thursday.
"Up to 17 workers were about to leave for Libya and 46 others for Saudi Arabia without legal documents," said Jumhur Hidayet, the chief of the National Body for the Replacement and Protections of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI).
The workers were organized by two private companies in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta and allegedly backed by a letter signed by the director general of Manpower Ministry, said Jumhur.
According to the 2004 law on migrant workers, BNP2TKI is the only authority able to issue legal documents for the departure of migrant workers.
Jakarta City Police are investigating the case and plan to summon the director general.-- JP
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