Bandung prostitutes netted

BANDUNG: As many as 53 suspected "high-class" prostitutes and four pimps were arrested when West Java Police raided four separate locations late on Monday.

The raids took place at four reported brothels on Jl. Pasteur, Jl. Ciateul and Jl. Cibadak.

West Java Police chief of detectives Lt. Col. Wahyu Siswaya said on Tuesday the suspected prostitutes were between the ages of 17 and 25. He added that many of the women came from Indramayu and Cirebon.

"They get between Rp 150,000 and Rp 250,000 for a short time and between Rp 300,000 and Rp 450,000 for longer," Wahyu quoted one of the women as saying.

Wahyu said the women would be sent to the social rehabilitation center in Palimanan, Cirebon, before being returned to their hometowns. (25/sur)