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http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1290193100/workers-mistreatment-cases-no-dispute-with-s-arabia Paralyzed after Working in Saudi Arabia Workers mistreatment cases no dispute with S Arabia Saturday, November 20, 2010 01:58 WIB | National | | Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Indonesian migrant workers mistreatment cases in Saudi Arabia were not an issue between the two countries. "The Saudi Arabian government had also firmly condemned the perpetrators or the employers," Marty Natalegawa said here Friday. He said the Saudi Arabian government actually never responds to migrant workers cases officially but because Indonesia had insisted on a settlement of the cases, the Saudi Arabian government issued a statement condemning what had happened to the two Indonesian workers, Sumiati and Kikim Komalasari. Sumiati, a 23-year-old Indonesian migrant worker from West Nusa Tenggara was tortured by her employer in Medina and had to be hospitalized for her injuries. Her condition on Friday was reported to have improved after receiving intensive medical treatment at a local hospital, while her uncle Zulkarnaen was scheduled to visit her together with staffers from the Indonesian consulate general in Jidda. Kikim Komalasari was an Indonesian migrant worker from Cianjur, West Java, who was killed by her employer on Sunday (Nov 14) and her body was found in a public garbage dump in Abha city. The Saudi police at first thought Kikim was a Bangladeshi woman but a task force formed by the Indonesian consul general in Jidda later affirmed she was Indonesian and passed on the information to the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta. Both Kikim and Sumiati`s employers have now been detained by the local police for further legal process, while Indonesia`s foeign ministry was assisting the victims` families and relatives to identify them and take further actions. "Both countries are now jointly handling the matter of legal charges against the perpetrators and of how to prevent similar cases from happening again in the future," said Marty. "Surely, we must not only address such cases after they have happened but also find ways of preventing them," he added. About calls for repatriating all Indonesian migrant workers from Saudi Arabia, Marty said bad things could happen to Indonesian workers in any foreign country and when they occur the government must pay full attention, protect and take the side of the victims. "A moratorium on dispatch of workers to Saudi Arabia or any other measures must be thoroughly weighed, because if a moratorium proves unenforcable, and Indonesians keep going to Saudi Arabia to work, they would automatically be categorized as illegals and this will cause problems for us all," said Marty. Currently the Foreign Affairs Ministry is seeking to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the employment of workers in the informal sector such as housemaids because the Saudi Arabian government had no such agreement with any other country. "We hope that with such an MoU migrant workers abuse and maltreatment cases can be prevented, but the main challenge will be how to monitor the housemaids or workers condition," the minister said.(*) COPYRIGHT © 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
