The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemlu) said that the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in Ankara, Turkey, continues in trying to bring Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) from Bali who is suspected of being victim of human trafficking to be taken to shelters.shelter).
In a public letter that is written by the victim, I Gusti Ayu Vira Wijayantari explaied that she was a victim of labor exploitation and no she is in seriously ill.
"This case has been handled by the Indonesian Embassy in Ankara, Vira is trying to be taken to a shelter (to the Indonesian Embassy in Ankara)," the Director of Protection for Indonesian Citizens and Indonesian Legal Entities at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Judha Nugraha explained, quoted from Antaranews.com, on Wednesday (17/8/2022). shelter (di KBRI Ankara),” ucap Direktur perlindungan WNI dan Badan Hukum Indonesia Kemlu RI Judha Nugraha dilansir dari antaranews.com, Rabu (17/8/2022).
He also explained that the Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs has coordinated with the Bali Manpower Office (Disnaker) to conduct to do investigation to the agent that sent Vira to Turkey.
Vira, who works as a spa therapist in Turkey, wrote a public letter to Indonesian President Joko Widodo with a copy of Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.
Vira wrote to the President in order to ask the president to send her back to her hometown in Bali. In her letter, she also wrote her story of being worker in Turkey and her experience of being victim of sexual exploitation.
She explained that she worked more than 8 hours a day in Lonicera Hotel. She also having trouble to get day off and she got low salary. The salary was different from what was written in the contract.
When Vira asked the agent in Bali about the salary, she did not get solution. Mrs. Gung as the agent asked Vira to stay and continue her work even though she did not get her right as written in the contract and even when she was sick.
. Therefore, she run away from the hotel and looked for another job. She hoped the new job would be better
She moved for working about 4 times and unfortunately she got sexual harassment from her client in her third workplace
She reported it to her boss but her boss ignored her report. Vira got better treatment in her fourth job but her health condition is worse.
She wrote about her condition in the letter. She vomited blood on July 18, 2022 and could not walk because she had problem with her stomach and lungs
She really hoped that there would be compassion from the Indonesian President to send her back to Bali. The Bali Manpower Office and the BP3MI continue to coordinate with the BP2MI Bali, the Ministry of Foreign Affair and the Indonesian representative in Turkey in trying to send Vira back to bali. (Roudhotul Jannah).
Excerpted from media antaranews.com
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