100 prostitutes rounded up

100 prostitutes rounded up

BOGOR (JP): Bogor regency's public order office has rounded
up over 100 prostitutes in a series of operations along certain
streets over the last three months, an official said.

Kusnadi, head of the office, said on Wednesday the
prostitutes, aged between 20 years and 30 years, said they worked
as prostitutes because it was hard to get other work.

"But some said that they did it because it was a hobby," he
said.

Kusnadi said the educational backgrounds of the majority of
the women ranged from elementary school to senior high school.
The rest had no education at all.

Most were migrants from nearby cities, including Sukabumi,
Cianjur, Rangkasbitung, Tangerang and Karawang, he said.

He explained that some were sent to the city's rehabilitation
centers and some were immediately released. (24)