JAKARTA - Indonesia’s migrant worker protection authority has revoked the operating licence of a migrant worker recruitment agency in Bekasi, West Java, after finding the agency failed to meet its legal obligations to prospective migrants.

The ministry’s decision, which was recorded in Ministerial Decree No. 96 of 2026 dated 29 January 2026, prohibits PT Multi Intan Amanah Internasional from conducting placement activities and requires it to resolve the remaining cases with affected workers.

The ministry said investigations, which began in early 2024, found the company did not return a required deposit guarantee and left 61 prospective migrant workers without promised placements or remedies, with total claims exceeding Rp1.7 billion, or approximately over US$100,000. 

“Due to the lack of good faith and no response, we then proposed to the Minister to revoke the company’s permit,” said Rinardi Rusman, the director general of the ministry, during the press conference in Jakarta on February 4.

Authorities first sealed the agency’s Bekasi office on March 28 last year after finding it had failed to dispatch dozens of contracted workers, producing estimated losses of about Rp1.68 billion. 

Under the law, violating companies may face a multi-year ban on re-entering the industry, with management potentially facing permanent blacklisting. The ruling also ensures that the firm is legally bound to repay its staff and resolve all outstanding cases until the very last contract expires.

Rusman said the move marks the third licence revocation since the ministry was established in 2024, following similar actions against PT Ramzy Cahaya Karya and PT Putri Samawa Mandiri, both based in Bekasi, West Java.