inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Directorate of Crimes for the Protection of Women and Children (PPA) and Crimes for Human Trafficking (PPO) at the Indonesian National Police (INP) Criminal Investigation Agency conducted an assessment of the repatriation of Indonesian Citizens in Dispute (WNIB) working in Cambodia. A total of 249 people have been repatriated or are currently in Indonesia.

The Directorate of PPA and PPO), Brigadier General Nurul Azizah, stated that the repatriation of Indonesian citizens from Cambodia was divided into two batches. The first batch, she said, repatriated 91 Indonesian citizens on January 22, 2026.

"The second batch, consisting of 158 Indonesian citizens, was repatriated on January 30-31, 2026," she explained on Monday (2/9/2026).

Nurul explained that, based on information from the 249 repatriated Indonesian citizens, most of them were recruited by Indonesian citizens already living and working in Cambodia. 

He said the method involves offering jobs as e-commerce operators, online gambling operators, restaurant waiters, and customer service representatives at Cambodian companies through job vacancy groups or advertisements on Facebook and Telegram.

"Upon departure to Cambodia, the Indonesian citizens are given direct tickets to the company that recruited them. The Indonesian citizens simply board a flight to Cambodia via Singapore and Thailand using a tourist visa," he said.

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