Police arrest two in migrant worker Sumiati torture case
Antara News, Thursday, December 9, 2010 21:09 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian police`s criminal investigation department has arrested two people in connection with the case of Sumiati, the female domestic helper who was seriously mistreated by her employer in Saudi Arabia.
"A team of criminal investigation officers has been probing the Sumiati case and, as a result, arrested JL and MM as suspects on December 4, 2010." Brig Gen Agung Sabar Santono, director of general crimes at the National Police Headquarters, said here Thursday.
JL was the person who had sponsored Sumiati, a resident of Dumpu in East Nusatenggara, as a would-be migrant worker and MM was an employee of manpower recruitment agency PT Rajana Falam Putri who had made the arrangements for Sumiati`s employment in Medina, Saudi Arabia, he said.
"These two people are suspected of a crime, namely sending an underage girl overseas for monetary gain and putting her in a situation where she was physically and otherwise exploited," Agung said.
Apart of having sent a migrant worker abroad in deviation from the existing regulations, both suspects had also illegally changed the victim`s date of birth from August 21, 1992 to January 2, 1987 in order to be able to present her as an adult , he said.
Sumiati eventually was recently hospitalized in Medina for serious injuries inflicted on her by her Saudi employer. She had been rarely given food, sustained serious wounds on the back of her head, a broken nose, a cut off upper lip , skin lesions from a hot iron, cracked ribs, a broken middle finger. In addition, she had never received her promised salary.
Agung said both suspects had violated articles in Law no.21/2007 on human trafficking and in Law no.23/2002 on child protection.
"They both also violated articles in Law no.69/2004 on placement and protection of migrant workers abroad and articles in the Criminal Code," he said.
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