After a week of work, the priest realized. On the boat, working hours depending on the captain, a Taiwanese. This means that when the captain was asked to work, especially when in the fishing ground, the crew can not stop for a second. "Stop, punches and kicks will be floated," said Imam. He showed scars on his body, inherited from the hell ships.
He continued to work, and mad for two years the ship was never anywhere jetty. The catch is picked up by small boats, as well as logistical needs delivered ships at sea.
During the two-year wage of US $ 180 which should be received by the Imam he never got. Ship owners then abandoned them floating in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago in 2013, until finally rescued after six months floats on the sea. (Read the next story: Flirt Candy For Indonesia Slaves in Hell ship)
Bambang and the Imam is a grim piece of the story of the fate of the crew working on foreign vessels fishing. There are about 262 thousand crew of Indonesian citizens working abroad based on data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted by Overseas Indonesian Workers Union (SPILN). About 77% work on board fishing vessels, and they are scattered in Asia Pacific, South America and Africa. The rest go to sea along a cargo ship (6.57%), cruises (6.80%), tankers (0.68%), and a tugboat (8.84%). (See also: Flirt Candy For Indonesia Slaves in Hell ship)
Bambang, the Imam, and a number of their fellow former crew dispatched by PT Karltigo ever dispute against this issue. They demanded the intermediary company and the case was brought to the West Jakarta District Court.
The court held from late 2013 until early 2014. At the trial it was revealed that the company was not licensed to dispatch sailors. In fact, a witness from the Ministry of Transportation in a statement during the hearing said that the seaman book brought slaves from Indonesia was false.
Unfortunately the owner, Willy, is only lightly punished. He snared a matter of falsification of documents. For his mistakes he was only sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of Rp 40 million subsidiary five months in prison. He was convicted of the crime of human trafficking article. (See Infographics: The Slave Ship Itinerary Hell)
Now, the Imam did not know what else to complain about wages kepeda who were never paid. Willy itself according to Imam, had gone abroad. CNN Indonesia encountered many similar stories from those who have been recruited to the company. They are framed so sailors, without sufficient competence, and equipped with fake documents.
A story about slavery in the fishing vessel was raised again after the news about the crew from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam in Benjina, Aru Islands, Maluku. Bambang, Imam and his fellow crew members from Indonesia on foreign vessels is similarly threatened his life.
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-"When is Eid?"-
- "It was past three days ago."
2012. The waters of the Atlantic, on one morning. Fish invasion subsided in Rich vessel 7. The vessel was a work of Imam Shafi'i, a factory security guard who was trapped into a slave of foreign fishing vessels from Taiwan. Heard Lebaran already passed three days, he went thoughtfully. For Muslims, Eid is a special day. But he never knew how to calculate the day it arrives. "Nothing at all facilities timepiece on board," said the 29-year-old man. Let alone an hour or satellite phone, the calendar just hidden Imam said the captain.
As slaves, who worked for two years on the ship and without being paid, which he knew only day and night. "Easy to recognize, the same light the dark," the man said jokingly in an interview with CNN Indonesia last April.
