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Trap
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Before having the current permit, I was here without any documents.
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Once, the police called me when I was walking on the street.
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I just pretended not to hear them because I didn't have any money.
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I only had RM 9 and my friend had RM 50.
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After that, the police called me again.
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"Woi! Are you deaf?", he shouted.
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I then turned and asked him "Did you call me?"
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He said yes. He then asked me to come near to him.
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I went there and he asked for my permit and all.
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I said I dont have it.
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He then told me I'd need to taken with him.
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I asked if this can be sorted here. He said no and told me he would take me to the police station.
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I said to him that's fine because I do want to go back to Indonesia but I cant afford it.
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Because my pay is only RM 700.
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It's not enough to make a permit, return to Indonesia, pay rent or to provide for my children back home.
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That's what I told him.
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They then took me and my friend, Sukama, to the top-most floor of the parking area at Giant (Supermarket).
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He talked to me there.
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He asked me who will bail me out.
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I said no one, because I have no family or relatives here.
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Even my husband is in Indonesia, I told him.
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After that, he asked how much do I have.
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I told him I only have RM 9. I gave him my wallet too.
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Together with my friend's money, we gave him RM59.
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After that, he said didn't want to accept the money.
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He said that he wasn't asking for money.
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That's what one of the officers said. One asked, and the other didn't ask.
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After that he said that I don't have someone to bail me out, he'd have to bring me to the station.
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I cried to him, and I tugged at him.
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After that, he said that I'm good at acting. He talked like that.
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I said, no, I'm just asking for help sir.
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This is all the money have, sir. And I have three kids.
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My friend said that she was still having a baby.
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After that, he (the policeman) took all the money.
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I said, Sir if could I please have some of the small change because I don't know the way here.
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Even if I have to take a taxi, I don't have any money left.
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So can I have the small change sir?
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I will give you the RM 50, I told him.
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He agreed. After that, he pointed his finger to me, like this.
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Go look what's under that fire truck, he said.
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I looked and I don't see anything sir, I said.
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Just look under the fire engine, see what's there, he said.
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When I looked underneath there was underwear, women's underwear.
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Who did this, sir, I asked.
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Last night, there was someone who did that, he said.
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After that, I arrested them, he said.
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Maybe he (the policeman) did it himself, I replied.
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He said no, someone did it.
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Was it an Indonesian or a Malay, I asked.
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He said it was a Malay person.
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I said, well it's the same whether Indonesian or Malay. There are people like that.
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Yes, there's no difference, there are people like that, he said.
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So if you have no one to bail you out, can you do something like that, he said.
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I said, I won't. I don't want to.
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After that, he took my money. I got out of the car.
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He pointed me the way through the Giant (Supermarket) to Bintan.
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He pointed me the small stairs that lead to Giant (Supermarket).
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To the shopping mall.
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After that I ran. I asked people for way to Padang Jawa.
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When I got here, was already night time.
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Because I was going home at 5pm, but by the time we finished talking it was already 7pm.
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If I didn't have my friend that day, I don't know what would have happened to me.
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I've ever experienced, along Jalan Kebun.
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Jalan Kebun, which is near the police station in Bukit Rimau.
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I've ever been in the cell there for several hours.
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Those police did many things. I was taken by two officers.
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At that time, I wanted to go to Klang.
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I wanted to buy milk for my friend.
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I was chased by police. I ran, but they caught me.
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I was caught and brought to the police station at Bukit Rimau.
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I was put in a cell there.
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Over there, I was asked to massage him (the policeman).
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But that was outside, not inside.
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He said, I'm tired from chasing you just now.
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You know, I can't run like that, he said.
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After that he called me and put me in the jail cell.
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So I was put in the cell but my friend wasn't.
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That policeman he closed the door and he tried to grab me. He tried to make me lie down there.
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He asked me who will bail you out. I said, I don't have anyone, sir.
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I said, I still don't have any work here, sir. I don't have any money.
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So he said, if you don't have money what you can be done?
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I said, sir, I'm here to find work, to support my children.
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So he said, I can help you. But you have to help me also.
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What can I help with sir, I asked.
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Do you want or not, if I sleep with you, he asked.
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I said, please don't do something like that, sir. I'm someone else's wife.
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I asked, If your wife sleeps with another man, how would you feel, sir?
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Won't you be angry, sir? And we are Muslims. In Islam that's a big sin, I said.
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And he said, you're showing off here right?
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It's okay then, if you behave like that, he said and went out.
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I don't know where he went after that. Not long after that I got out with my friend.
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But I don't know what happened to my other friend with the other policeman.
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But in my case, I didn't want to sleep with him.
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After I got out, that policeman looked like he really hated me.
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He was really angry, and stared at me.
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I got out without paying or sleeping with him.
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But that policeman asked for my phone number.
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He called me again and again, and in the end...
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After that my friend helped me to change my number.
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It's like that, the police always use to gain something from women, especially when she is beautiful.
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So, we women who are here without documents, these are the kinds of things we're afraid of.