Sanggau, West Kalimantan – The Women's Empowerment, Family Planning and Child Protection Agency head, Gorgonius Theno, is condemning private companies that are hiring underage workers.

Gorgonius said Friday that he asked parents and companies to stop employing children. "They are violating the 2002 Child Protection Law, the law on labor and the law on manpower," he said as quoted by Antara.

The laws states that people, whose ages are below 18 years, should only be in three places – house, school and on the playground. If they must work, they are only allowed to work for a maximum of four hours each day.