Jakarta, Feb. 4 -- The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) thwarted the deployment of eight illegal workers during a raid on a shelter in Jakarta on Sunday.

Police Inspector General I Ketut Suardana, BP2MI's Deputy for Placement and Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers in Europe and the Middle East, said the raid occurred at the Kalibata City Apartment, South Jakarta, where the workers were housed before being sent to Saudi Arabia.

"All of them are women. We prevented their departure to Saudi Arabia," he informed.

A tip from the West Java Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Office (BP3MI) triggered the operation. The office received a report from one victim's family about the women's planned departure to Saudi Ara...