Twenty-seven prostitutes rounded up in Bogor raid<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): Bogor Police have rounded up another 27
\nprostitutes, raising to 127 the number of sex workers caught in a
\nseries of law enforcement operations during the last three
\nmonths.<\/p>\n
The Bogor Police chief, Col. Dadang Garnida, said Wednesday
\nthat 14 of the 27 prostitutes were apprehended Tuesday night in
\nPondok Bambu Inn on Jl. Baru Kemang, while the other 14 were
\npicked up along several streets in the city,<\/p>\n
"We gave priority to the hotel because we heard that it was
\nused as a den of prostitution," Dadang said, adding that police
\nwould also question the owner of the hotel.<\/p>\n
"If it is proved that the owner uses the hotel for
\nprostitution, we will bring the owner to court for violating the
\nhotel's license," he said.<\/p>\n
He said sex workers would also be sent to court for committing
\nminor crimes. Prostitutes may face a maximum penalty of three
\nmonths in jail or fines of Rp 50,000 (US$13.8), according to
\nBogor Bylaw No. 1\/1990.<\/p>\n
Kusnadi, the head of Bogor's public order office, said earlier
\nthat the prostitutes caught in the operations were aged between
\n20 and 30.<\/p>\n
He said the women claimed to work as prostitutes because it
\nwas hard to get other types of work.<\/p>\n
"But some said that they did it as a hobby."<\/p>\n
Kusnadi said the educational backgrounds of most of the women
\nranged from elementary school to senior high school, while the
\nremainder had no education at all.<\/p>\n
Most were migrants from nearby cities, including Sukabumi,
\nCianjur, Rangkasbitung, Tangerang and Karawang, he said.<\/p>\n
Separately, residents of Baranangsiang subdistrict, Bogor,
\nfound a baby in front of a local resident's house Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Dadang said the baby was believed to have been dumped by its
\nmother, identified as Juju Juleha, 18, a senior high school
\nstudent.<\/p>\n
"The baby was still alive when it was found about 6 a.m,
\nweighing 2.9 kilograms and measuring 49 centimeters."<\/p>\n
He said the baby was treated at a nearby community health
\ncenter.<\/p>\n
He said Juju had not been questioned because she was being
\ntreated at the Indonesian Red Cross Hospital in Bogor for
\nbleeding and shock.<\/p>\n
Police believed that the baby was the result of an illicit
\nrelationship. (24\/jun)<\/p>",
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