30% of prostitutes believed underage

30% of prostitutes believed underage

SEMARANG: About 30 percent of prostitutes in Indonesia are
estimated to be underage, an activist has said.

Purwoko, director of the Care About Children Foundation in
Surakarta, said yesterday the number of underage prostitutes
reached between 150,000 and 170,000 and they earned trillions of
rupiah for the industry.

He said many underage women turned to prostitution because of
early marriage and economic reasons, and most were elementary
school dropouts. (har)