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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 18:44
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NTB SENDS TWELVE RESCUED NTT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS HOME
Mataram, Nov 17 (ANTARA) - Some 12 East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) human trafficking victims who were stranded in Mataram for about two weeks after their rescue will soon be returned to their hometowns or villages in NTT with the Nest Nusatenggara (NTB) provincial administration bearing the travel costs, a local official said.
The former human trafficking victims will be returned to their hometowns in West Sumba district in NTT over land, Bachrudin, head of NTB's social, demographic and civil registration office, said here Monday.
Social affairs officials of NTT province and West Sumba district would receive the 12 residents at Sape Bima Port from where they would be taken to NTT.
The NTT human trafficking victims were stuck in Mataram for about two weeks because local authorities lacked the funds to pay for their journey home. Also, one of them became hysterical and had to be treated at Mataram's mental hospital.
The NTT provincial government was contacted several times to pick them up in Mataram but it replied it did not have the needed funds and asked for the NTB government's help to send them home.
The 12 NTT human trafficking victims were rescued at Tanjung Lembar port, West Lombok, when they were about to be taken to Malaysia ostensibly to work as domestic helpers but without the required official documents.
The NTB governor eventually ordered the provincial social afffairs office to return the NTT residents over land, and authorized the spending Rp9 million from the office's travel budget to finance their journey home.
The former human trafficking victims will be returned to their hometowns in West Sumba district in NTT over land, Bachrudin, head of NTB's social, demographic and civil registration office, said here Monday.
Social affairs officials of NTT province and West Sumba district would receive the 12 residents at Sape Bima Port from where they would be taken to NTT.
The NTT human trafficking victims were stuck in Mataram for about two weeks because local authorities lacked the funds to pay for their journey home. Also, one of them became hysterical and had to be treated at Mataram's mental hospital.
The NTT provincial government was contacted several times to pick them up in Mataram but it replied it did not have the needed funds and asked for the NTB government's help to send them home.
The 12 NTT human trafficking victims were rescued at Tanjung Lembar port, West Lombok, when they were about to be taken to Malaysia ostensibly to work as domestic helpers but without the required official documents.
The NTB governor eventually ordered the provincial social afffairs office to return the NTT residents over land, and authorized the spending Rp9 million from the office's travel budget to finance their journey home.
