Viral, Chinese Migrant Worker Wears Military-Style Uniform in Aceh

TheIndonesia.co - Head of the Meulaboh Non-Immigration Checkpoint Office (TPI), West Aceh Regency, Azhar, said the seven-second video showing a Chinese migrant worker (TKA) wearing a military-style uniform is not a Chinese soldier. This fact was obtained after Meulaboh Immigration coordinated with the Military District Command 0116 Nagan Raya, Aceh, and several other related parties.

"The military uniform worn by a foreign worker in the Nagan Raya Aceh Power Plant construction project is the clothes of workers in China," said Azhar in Meulaboh to reporters, in Meulaboh, Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

Azhar said the military-style uniform previously worn by a foreign worker from China at the PLTU 3-4 Nagan Raya construction site, in the Suak Puntong Village area, Kuala Pesisir District, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh Province, was brought from the foreign worker's country of origin.

However, on Sunday, April 17, the uniform was worn by a foreign worker and then recorded by a friend, so that later it became viral on social media.

To prevent similar actions, the Meulaboh Immigration officers together with Kodim 0116 Nagan Raya, Aceh, have reminded the management of the company that brought the foreign worker to Indonesia to no longer wear uniforms similar to military attire. So that later it will not lead to negative interpretations from the community and prevent negative opinions from happening in the community, said Azhar.