Police arrest women traffickers<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan<\/p>\n
Two women suspected of involvement in a syndicate trafficking
\nyoung women to Malaysia were arrested late Tuesday at their
\nrespective residences in Medan.<\/p>\n
The suspects, Siti Mawar Sembiring, 40, and Lena, 25, said
\nthey had sent five teenagers to an agent identified as Mr. Lau in
\nMalaysia. They said that since 2001 a number of women had been
\nsent to Malaysia, under the guise that they would be employed as
\ndomestic helpers.<\/p>\n
Adj. Sr. Comr. Mardi Rukmianto of the provincial police crime
\ndivision said Wednesday, that the arrest was made possible as the
\nvictims had reported their plight to the Indonesian embassy in
\nKuala Lumpur in mid October. The embassy forwarded the report to
\nthe North Sumatra police.<\/p>\n
Mardi said that two young women, Wina and Rian, (not their
\nreal names), both residents of Medan, had managed to escape from
\na Kuala Lumpur discotheque, because they could no longer stand
\nbeing employed as sex workers.<\/p>\n
Mardi quoted them as saying that they had been sent to
\nMalaysia illegally, via Medan's Polonia airport to Malaysia in
\nOctober, without knowing that they would be employed as sex
\nworkers.
\n"Both victims are still under the protection of the embassy, and
\nwe are still looking for another three victims," Mardi said.<\/p>\n
One of the suspects, Siti Mawar, told police that the business
\nof trafficking teenagers to Malaysia was highly lucrative. She
\nsaid she gained a profit of some 1,800 ringgit for each person
\n"sold" to the Malaysian agent.<\/p>\n
"We look for people who are unemployed, mainly at places like
\nmalls and plazas, and promise the girls big salaries in Malaysia.
\nOf course we don't say they'll be sex workers," Siti said.<\/p>\n
Mardi said police are still investigating the syndicate of
\ntraffickers of teenagers in Medan, which is close to Malaysia.<\/p>",
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