Abducted girl back in her Keningau home
Published on: Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Keningau: A local 14-year-old who was abducted to Nunukan in Kalimantan by an Indonesian man returned safely to her Kg Ambual home, here, with her father on Christmas eve. Delldeve Ferra Blasius, 14, was reportedly healthy throughout her immigration detention in Nunukan and was happy to celebrate Christmas with her family. Former Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) Chairman Garius Pukin, who contacted Daily Express, said according to Delldeve, she was taken away by the man from her home at midnight on Dec. 9 using a station wagon and taken to Tawau.ADVERTISEMENT The victim said when going to Nunukan, the man used a jalan tikus (rat trail or smugglers' route). On Dec. 10, the victim's father, Blasius Balantas, told him that he went to lodge a report at the Keningau police station but was allegedly denied and had to wait 24 hours. "As soon as I got the news, I and the villagers opened a search operations room on Dec. 11 in the village. On Dec. 13 morning we used satellite phones and managed to locate the victim's mobile outside Sabah (Indonesia)," he said. The following day, the victim and abducter were arrested by Indonesian authorities in Nunukan.According to him, villagers also collected money to enable the father to go to Nunukan to meet the victim and after processing the travel document of the victim was done, both were allowed to return to Malaysia. Garius, speaking on behalf of the residents, hoped the Government, especially Immigration, police and Keningau Labor Department would be more sensitive to complaints by locals regarding the presence of foreigners in the district.ADVERTISEMENT "Throughout our search in the area where the perpetrator was hiding, we met many foreigners who had no documents and were settling down at farms of local landowners. "We found only the original tenant in the farm while their family members who also had no documents will be doing street business in town," he said.
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Garius said some were employed as construction workers. He said the kidnapper knew the victim who was a student because he built a house next to the victim's family home.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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"This case is related to human trafficking and this is very serious. It's hard to stop their entry into the villages because our power is limited to only as complainants," he said. He said lately villagers found that Keningau town was no longer dominated by locals and all the basic amenities in the town were enjoyed free by foreigners. - Johan Aziz