Indonesia finds 193 Bangladeshis locked up in shop house


  • World
  • Thursday, 07 Feb 2019

Bangladesh men stand as they arrive at immigration detention center in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, February 6, 2019. Antara Foto/Septianda Perdana/via REUTERS

MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said on Thursday.

The men entered Indonesia as tourists via Bali and the city of Yogyakarta with the intention of going to Malaysia for work, North Sumatra's immigration chief said.

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