Masih soal JK ( Wapres tea) jeung "Jabal Al Jannah". Ieu aya wartos, 
meunang copy-paste ti millis sabeulah, cenah mah wartos ieu ti Gulf 
News. Aya nu dipikaseurieun geura, Loba oge urang Arab nu keuna tipu  
ku mafia tukang dagang awewe di Jakarta. Tas di"kawin", terus 
dicandak ka hotel, awewena malah ....kabur, pura-pura rek meser obat. 

Wartosna nyanggakeun, wilujeng seuri bari sedih :

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Saudi_Arabia/10047310.html
Published: 06/16/2006 12:00 AM (UAE)

'Marriage gangs' prey on youths
By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent

Riyadh: With the beginning of the summer holidays, a large number of 
Arabs, especially from the Gulf states, are travelling to tourist 
destinations in various parts of the world, especially in the Far 
East, looking to enjoy themselves and relax.

Most of them want to enjoy their holidays in picturesque places, 
visiting historical monuments and taking in the culture.

Some of them, however, will want to take advantage of the opportunity 
to try out temporary marriages. They prefer Indonesia over other 
countries, mainly because of the low cost of living there.

This has resulted in the mushrooming of marriage bureaus in Jakarta 
and other major Indonesian cities in recent years.

Organised gangs have also grown up who prey on Arab tourists and try 
to lure them with promises of low-cost marriages and then cheating 
them.

Several Saudi youths, who became prey to these gangs, shared their 
bitter experiences with Gulf News.

They were lured by the false promises of the gang members 
of "marriages to beautiful young women under 18 at cheap rates."

In most cases, their brides abandoned them and ran away within few 
days of the marriage.

When they then contacted the marriage bureaus, the employees washed 
their hands of blame saying that it was not their responsibility to 
ensure that their brides stayed with them.

According to the youths, who declined to be named, marriage 'mafias' 
are common in Jakarta, and their activities pivot mainly around 
places that Arabs frequent.

The gang members introduce themselves as representatives of licensed
marriage bureaus and offer marriage proposals.

The marriage ceremonies are then held at marriage bureaus in the 
presence of a licensed marriage notary and two witnesses. The dowry 
normally ranges between two to three million Indonesian Rupiah 
(Dh1,000-1,500).

One of the Saudi youths, who was cheated by the gangs, told Gulf News:
"While I was taking my meals at an Arab restaurant in Jakarta, I 
heard some young men asking whether anybody wanted to get married to 
beautiful young girls. I did not pay any attention to them in the 
beginning.

"When they repeated the offer for the third time, I was interested and
expressed my willingness.

"They then took me to a marriage bureau and I was introduced to a man 
called Haider.

"After a short while, Haider paraded five young women in front of me 
and asked me to select one. When I had chosen one of them and agreed 
on a dowry of four million rupiah (Dh1,468), the marriage notary 
appeared with witnesses and solemnised the marriage ceremony," he 
said.

"When I took my bride to a nearby hotel, she was clearly bewildered. 
While I was trying to be friendly with her, she asked me if she could 
go out to the nearby pharmacy to buy some medicine and I agreed not 
knowing that she would never return," the young man said.

The same was the case with another Saudi youth but with a slight 
difference. He went to the marriage bureau and told the story of his 
wife's disappearance.

The bureau staff members promised to help him find her. On leaving the
building, he saw his bride going into the same office in the company 
of some other girls in order to be paraded in front of the 
new "victims".

When he tried to stop her, the security guards held him and the door 
was slammed shut.

Some of the Saudi victims managed to lodge complaints with the police.

A policeman was sent with the youths to the marriage bureau in search 
of Haider but the police could not trace him and the staff at the 
bureau told the police that he was not "in sight".







Komunitas Urang Sunda --> http://www.Urang-Sunda.or.id
 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/urangsunda/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 


Reply via email to