Indonesia’s representative office in Taiwan has not begun processing the deaths of six Indonesian migrant workers killed in a construction site accident on Thursday, as it has yet to be informed of their identities, an official with the office said yesterday.
Seven workers, including six who were reportedly from Indonesia, were killed and two others injured after a sprawling network of scaffolding at a construction site for a No. 6 Freeway exit ramp collapsed early on Thursday afternoon.
Freeway No. 6, which connects Caotun (草屯) and Puli (埔里) in central Taiwan, will reduce the travel time to the popular tourist areas of Sun Moon Lake and Cingjing Farm (清靜農場).
“We have been in contact with labor affairs authorities since the accident happened, but we’re still waiting for the final identification report from the police department to proceed with subsequent procedures,” said Amina Tjandra, a member of the Indonesian Economic and Trade Office.
The six migrant workers were reportedly illegally hired by contractors.
Tjandra said she has no -information about the six workers.
“If the media report is -correct, they could be undocumented workers who legally entered Taiwan, but left their previous job,” she said.
There were 151,723 Indonesian workers in Taiwan as of the end of August, according to figures from the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training under the council. The number accounts for more than 40 percent of the 372,146 migrant workers in Taiwan at the time.
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