Jakarta, June 1 -- Speaker of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, has urged the government to develop a comprehensive strategy to halt human trafficking and dismantle human trafficking networks at their roots.

"Put an end to the illegal sending of migrant workers because 90 percent of Indonesian citizens who died while working abroad were sent illegally by syndicate perpetrators," he stated in a statement received on Thursday.

He also emphasized the need for the police and relevant institutions to take legal action against human trafficking perpetrators, including officials suspected of shielding these criminal networks.

"Law enforcement officials actually understand the modus operandi of human smugg...