Cilacap – Malaysia left many cases of migrant workers who return home sick and with their salary not fully paid. After Suniyati, resident of Kutasari Village, Cipari Sub-district returned home emaciated last 20120, this now happens to Tusriyati, resident of Danasri Village, Nusawungu Sub-district, Cilacap regent. Her salary wasn’t paid fully, she was emaciated, her hands and feet were blistered because of soap allergy. This is the chronology of Tusriyati case:
Tusriyati worked in Malaysia for 2,5 years. She left in July 2009 through the Cilacap branch of PT. Nuraini Indah Perkasa. After the contract was finished, without sending her home, the employer immediately applied for extension of the contract without the consulting her agency. Tusriyati’s main job in the employer’s house was cleaning the house. If the parents of the employer have to get treatment in Singapore, Tusriyati was brought there, too.
While working at the first contract period, Tusriyati sent money twice, first was for Rp. 1.450.000,- and the second was Rp. 5.480.000,-. The money was sent after salary deductions for 6 months with RM 500 of monthly pay. After the extension of the contract, as usual Tusriyati’s pay was entrusted to the employer, if she needed something like female needs, simple outfits, Tusriyati said it to her employer and the employer would buy them with her salary. Tusriyati didn’t dare to ask for her own salary.
In the last 2 months before she returned to Indonesia, Tusriyati had a severe skin allergy that caused wounds like burn wound (blister and scorch) in her hands and feet caused by the changing soaps. During all that, her employer took Tusriyah to doctor and bought her ointment, but the sickness didn’t stop, until eventually Tusriyah decided to return to Indonesia.
On March 1st, the employer sent Tusriyah home emaciated like she wasn’t properly fed and with blisters in her hands and feet. Tusriyati was sent home with ship thorugh Batam, then from Batam she flew to Jogja. The employer only gave three million rupiah and RM 2400. In March 4th 2012, Tusriyati arrived home.
