Waiting for The Elder Son to Come Home
Initially, they hoped their relatives would return home safely and with full accomplishment after sailing abroad. Now, they have to slowly bury that hope.
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Indonesian crew on board a Chinese-flagged ship, Lu Huang Yuan Yu 118, when docked at the Batam Navy Base, Riau Islands, Wednesday (8/7/2020).
Initially, they hoped their relatives would return home safely and with full accomplishment after sailing abroad. Now, they have to slowly bury that hope.
In April 2020, Tri Widyawati, 27, received the latest news from her husband, Abdul Wahid, 40. Through a friend who worked on an oil boat, Abdul, an Indonesian migrant worker who was employed on a foreign flagged fishing boat, sent a letter to Tri. Abdul asked Tri to be patient because he would return home in July 2020. A month after the letter was received, it was not Abdul who returned home. Tri even received news that Abdul had died from a work accident.