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Garuda Indonesia in Seoul take seriously reports that female cabin crew applicants to undergo tests and touching naked breasts to check the presence or absence of the implant. They consider it embarrassing cases and investigate immediately.

A spokesman for Garuda Indonesia in Seoul, Park Sung-Hyun, said the tests against the applicants conducted late last month was supposed to follow a routine procedure. Examination by touching the breast of the female crew of candidates does not include routine procedure.

"We are investigating this issue by asking the manager of this problem and the doctor on duty during the inspection process. It's very embarrassing," said Park as reported by AFP on Wednesday (24/08/2011).

Told AFP, one of the applicants interviewed by her experience at the Garuda team in South Korea. Women of anonymity because it is still awaiting the results of these tests claim to be stripped of underwear and clothing.

Garuda Indonesia officer then asked the applicants for the half-naked to know of any tattoo or not in the body. In addition, there are male doctors who feel the breast of the prospective flight crew to examine the possibility of implants.

There are dozens of candidates following the interview and medical test session this. Of these, 18 candidates will be selected to fill the position of Garuda Indonesia flight crew with the route to South Korea.

This action was denounced by activists of South Korean women. The process was considered an unnecessary and distracting.

Da-Mi Kim, one activist from Sexual Violence Relief Center, requested that the government's human rights affairs office to take concrete measures.

A spokesman for Korean Air said the airline, such testing is very strange. He never even heard of airlines doing so.

"We never heard this kind of examination," he said. "I get asked if that meant passengers with breast implants are also not allowed to fly," he said.

Earlier, a spokesman for Garuda in Korea are not to be named said the breast implants could endanger the crew during flight.

Meanwhile, Garuda Indonesia Operations Director, Ari Sapari, told AFP insisted there was no test material such as touching the breast. "That's not true," he said.