Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police detectives have arrested
\ntwo senior high school girls for allegedly duping a number of
\nother teenage girls into prostitution.<\/p>\n
The young panderers, identified as Mona Lestari, 16, and Upik
\nOiriah, alias Upay, 20, were arrested on Thursday evening
\nfollowing a report from a parent of one of the victims, Central
\nJakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Murawi Effendi told reporters on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
\"We're still looking after a number of their accomplices who
\nalso played a significant role in this sex business,\" said head
\nof the Central Jakarta criminal investigation unit Maj. Charles
\nMarpaung, who accompanied Murawi at the press conference.<\/p>\n
Among their victims were a 12-year-old junior high school
\nstudent.<\/p>\n
The suspected panderers studied in different high schools in
\nCentral Jakarta, but rented the same room in a house on Jl.
\nKramat Sawah. Mona is a junior, while Upay is a senior.<\/p>\n
Charles said the police have received similar reports from at
\nleast five victims, aged between 12 to 20 years old.<\/p>\n
Based on the confessions made by the suspects and the
\ntestimony of the victims, Charles said that Mona and Upay always
\ntook a commission from customers ranging from Rp 30,000 to Rp
\n50,000 (US$13.75 and $23) per girl.<\/p>\n
Customers paid them between Rp 150,000 and Rp 200,000 for each
\nsession with one of the girls, Charles said. \"They have run this
\nillicit business for around one year,\" he explained.<\/p>\n
During police questioning some of the young women confessed
\nthat their customers are old men, who only required \"touching and
\nrubbing\".<\/p>\n
The two young panderers were arrested at their rented room
\nfollowing the report made by a parent, whose 14-year-old
\ndaughter, identified only as A, was one of the victims.<\/p>\n
The 14-year-old reportedly met Mona in Salemba when she was on
\nher way to her neighbor's house to borrow some money to buy
\nmedicine needed by her ailing mother.<\/p>\n
Mona then gave her Rp 150,000 under the condition that she
\naccompany her in the evening to meet Upay at an entertainment
\nsite in Ancol, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
When A arrived there, Upay introduced her to a man, whom she
\nsaid forced her to have sex.<\/p>\n
When she returned home the next day, A told her mother what
\nhappened and she reported the incident to the police.<\/p>\n
\"We will probably send both of the young pandering suspects to
\nthe Pondok Bambu women's penitentiary in Tangerang pending
\nfurther legal processing because we have no special jail for
\nfemales here,\" said Murawi.(bsr)<\/p>",
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