Day: April 12, 2023

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Heavy sanctions await companies and agencies recruiting and placing Indonesian migrant workers through illegal and non-procedural means, according to the Manpower Ministry.”(The sanctions will be against) recruiting agencies and not the workers but against the recruiting agencies and (individuals) responsible for them,” Deputy Minister of Manpower Afriansyah Noor stated at a press conference here Wednesday. The ministry will impose heavier sanctions against agencies supplying migrant workers illegally, such as by the revocation of business license or criminal prosecution, he remarked, adding that violating companies will no longer be sanctioned leniently as in the past. Criminal prosecution could proceed, as non-procedural placement of Indonesian migrants can be classified as human trafficking, he emphasized. “First, the business license will be revoked, and second, criminal prosecution (will proceed) because the human trafficking crime is subject to legal sanctions,” Noor stated. He pointed out that the ministry is coordinating with the police to follow up on the recent findings of 64 non-procedural Indonesian migrant workers in the Jakarta and Surabaya airports as well as 12 companies in the two cities proven to recruit and place migrant workers illegally. “The East Java and Greater Jakarta police forces are processing companies involved in the incident. Those companies must be responsible for the (migrant workers’) illegal departure. Apart from confiscating their business license, we are determined to impose legal sanction against them,” the deputy minister affirmed. Noor suggested residents seeking to work overseas to register only through agencies recognized by the Manpower Ministry. Prospective migrant workers should not be tempted by offers of high-paying jobs from parties whose legal status is uncertain because facilities and protection for migrant workers recruited and placed overseas illegally could not be ensured, he explained. “Everything can happen when they are placed overseas by non-procedural means, and they would not receive the protection, safety, and facilities they ought to receive,” Noor remarked. baca-jugaRelated news: Police unearth suspected human trafficking case in E JavaRelated news: BP2MI detects new route for smuggling illegal migrant workers

Source: Antara News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Police’s Traffic Corps devised strategies to handle and prevent traffic congestion on toll roads and other main roads during the Eid al-Fitr exodus and return peaks.The police’s Public Relations Division Head Inspector General Sandi Nugroho stated here, Wednesday, that experiences during the Eid exodus last year are being considered in this year’s strategy. “At present, we are cooperating with (toll road operator) Jasamarga to install vehicle counting device at every toll gate,” Nugroho remarked. The counting device will assist on-duty officers to determine traffic management strategies on various roads by calculating potential congestion from vehicles on toll roads, he stated. Nugroho explained that contraflow on toll roads would occur gradually, starting from one-lane contraflow when 5,500 vehicles are detected on the toll road and then increasing to two lanes and until the six thousand-vehicle threshold is passed and up to three lanes when it reaches seven thousand. baca-jugaRelated news: Police Traffic Corps to ensure bikers’ safety during Eid exodus The police will redirect vehicles to alternative routes or set up other traffic control strategies if the contraflow fails to prevent congestion, he remarked. The inspector general highlighted that traffic management to prevent congestion during Eid al-Fitr would take place not only on toll roads but also on other main roads on the exodus routes. Nugroho remarked that traffic management measures also aim to prevent the recurrence of the 2016 traffic jam caused by the bottleneck at the Brebes toll gate in Central Java where dozens of travellers died while waiting for their cars to exit the toll gate. Earlier, the transportation ministry estimated that some 123.8 million residents would return to their hometowns during this year’s Eid exodus, an increase from 85 million in 2022. Of the total projected travellers this year, 99.22 million residents are expected to travel by land, including 27.32 million residents using private cars and 22.77 million residents in buses. baca-jugaRelated news: Police to apply traffic engineering during Eid exodus Related news: East Java prepares 161 free buses for Eid exodus

Source: Antara News Agency