My best friend – he is a labor organization activist in Batam – said to me in one day. Many management employee and black worker on shipyard industry in Batam are illegal workers. “They’re come to Batam as a tourist, but actually they work here,” he said.
As a journalist, I can’t believe directly that issue. Meanwhile, that is important issue for my daily newspaper, but I can’t write the report before doing check and balance. We have the professional rules, I have to come down to the shipyard industry and see by my eyes. Is true there is the illegal worker there?
So, I decide to investigate this issue. The step is beginning with going to the gate of one shipyard industry in Tanjung Uncang Batam in the evening. Of cause, I didn’t entering the shipyard area. ‘Cos the security is not friendly for my doing. So, I just waiting beside the gate and waiting for the illegal worker gate out the area. After waiting for a while, I saw four young guys – look like the Indian people – entering the car and go to cross the gate.
To make sure for my self, I follow that is car. The car move so fast in front of my car. But I don’t want lose my target. So drive more fast too. After in half hour our “journey”, the illegal worker’s car entering to the Marina City area and stop in front of the inn. “See, that is the illegal worker.” The activist labor organization said to me.
For me, this is not enough to can decide that the shipyard industry in Batam is the destiny of illegal worker. I’ve to make sure any more. So I ask more questions to the Batam Immigration Staff. He said to me, it is indeed many illegal worker are entering to Batam with the tourist visa. “Some of them are entering here with VoA – Visa on Arrival – facilities.”
By this information, I believe that is information not just a rumor only. Especially, my neighbor – he is a worker in the shipyard industry – said to me, that in his company just arriving four illegal people from Malaysia. They are come down to Batam as a tourist. So, if you ask me, “where is your immigration staff ?” or you ask me more, “where is your police and worker department staff ?”. Really, I can’t answer your question better than this lie. “They are know everything about the illegal working. But they are didn’t know where is the eye of God there ?” (!)
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