The eyes of Mariance Kabu (43), the former migrant workers of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, were often sharpened and the breath became heavier when given the dive event he was natural ten years ago in Malaysia.
Various cyclists experienced by Mariance during working as a household maid from his employer, Ong Su Peng Serene and Sang Yoke Leng, in Kuala Lumpur on medio April-Desember 2014. From gears are revoked using tang, lips are hit until tear, until the ear is hit and pulled has been felt by Mariance of his employer's hands. In fact, the wound is permanent to date.
Fortunately he managed to be free of his apartment. Letance write messages across the paper, “Please leave me from here. I'm almost dead because of the employer's persecution. Paper that Mariance throws out the apartment the employer was read by one neighbor. With the help of his neighbors that the police was hit Malaysia hands free Mariance from the intangible ins of the employer.
Mariance shows her photos when she was treated at one of the hospitals in Selangor, Malaysia, as a result of his employer’s torture.
Letance stands in front of the Emmy Sehertian Pendeta house, where she is engaging in Hanaf, the People's Trade Pidana Act prevention community (TPPO) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Ten years passed. Now in the middle of the long waiting at the end of the hearing case of heavy persecution against himself, Mariance seeks to rise.
Need a long time for the mother of four children to get out of the dark space of his life. For eight years Mariance is more at home. The feeling of disappointment, fear, lack of confidence mixed so one makes it prefer to exile themselves from the outside world.
However, since the case was reopened in the Malaysian Court on 2022, the covenant of Mariance suddenly arises. As if getting aisle from his Lord, she rises out of the dark space to bring light.
Letance read one of the verses of the Book at the Pendeta Emmy Sehertian at Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Letance reading Al Book at Emmy Sehertian Pendeta at Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
A chedo (yakinan) Kristiani will sacrifice Jesus for humans when tortured and crucified, prosecuting Mariance to make more for society, especially in the homeland area of East Nusa Tenggara.
“I have to be voiced so that others do not experience as I am natural,” said Mariance.
Since then Mariance chose to actively in the efforts of the prevention of the criminal criminals of people (TPPO) and violence against the migrant workers. Already the last two years, she was present in a variety of meetings and discussion forums to tell her experience when becoming a victim of TPPO and violence when working in Malaysia.
Letance with one of the people who advocate the case, the Pendeta Emmy Sehertian, is now also actively matching various vegetables in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Letance (right) with his child departs to the community’s cross discussion venue in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Not enough with voice, Mariance also seeks to prevent TPPO in his area by providing a special training of NTT to women. He regularly did it at the Pendeta Emmy Sahertian house, one of the people who helped advocate the case.
With the skills of Mariance hopes women in NTT can be more independent and not easily tempted by Rayu Mafia TPPO network. From the activity also Mariance has also created the motif of Mamuli Sambung weaving that has a deep meaning of his struggle to voice resistance to TPPO.
“I was inspired by the typical Mamuli motif of Timor which means mother’s womb,” said Mariance. With two motivated Mamuli motifs, further, having the meaning of women who united together against the evil of TPPO in NTT and other areas in Indonesia.
Letance talks to the view in a community cross discussion in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
The Mariance Food on the injustice that happened the oldest migrant workers in several points in a community cross discussion in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Now Mariance has no noise. In fact, now he leads the Hanaf community that had previously been formed by a number of activists of the case. Through Hanaf in Dawam (in the area of the origin of Mariance in South Timor) which has the meaning of “suara” is expected to also be able to voice the spirit of the struggle of Mariance in against TPPO in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, the government has issued a number of regulation, one of which is the Presidential Regulation ( Presidential Regulation) Number 19 Year 2023 on the National Action Plan Prevention and Handling of the People's Trade Fund Act ( PPTPPO) Year 2020-2024. One attempted in the regulation, where one of the TPPO prevention and handling strategies is to strengthen the child and female protection systems of various violence acts including TPPO.
The spirit of Mariance is in line with the RAN PPTPPO from the government is expected to expand also to other communities so that the TPPO figures can continue to be reduced and finally lost from the Indonesian earth.
Letance complete the Sambung Mamuli motif weaving fabric that became the struggle icon against the criminal crime of the trade of the person (TPPO).
Letance pray at the Emmy Sehertian Pendeta house, where he was intimated in Hanaf, the People's Trade Pidana prevention community (TPPO) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Photo and text : Aditya Pradana Putra