Jakarta reports rescue of eight Indonesian workers from illegal captivity in Malaysia

In this undated photo, Indonesian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia queue for an immigration check in their way to go home. - Tempo

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Malaysian authorities along with officials from the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching, Sarawak, rescued eight Indonesian migrant workers who were held captive by their recruiting agency last week.

"We carried out the rescue operation on Saturday at around 7pm along with Miri Police," Yonny Tri Prayitno, Indonesian consul general in Kuching, said on Monday (Nov 16). All of the rescued migrant workers were females aged 35 to 58 years old.