Bengkulu fights prostitution

Bengkulu fights prostitution

BENGKULU, Bengkulu: The South Bengkulu administration urged
the public on Friday to evict any sex workers found in its
neighborhood as the regency is bracing for an influx of
prostitutes from the neighboring town of Bengkulu.

Deputy South Bengkulu regent Asmada Hamid said he had received
reports about the arrival of prostitutes from Bengkulu in South
Bengkulu's capital Manna, but he did not know how many.

The migration of sex workers to South Bengkulu has reportedly
increased after the Bengkulu administration closed down the
brothel located in Baai island last month.

Some 300 prostitutes were returned to their hometowns mainly
in West Java, Lampung, and some regions in Sumatra.

Other sex workers have been found to be operating in the
Bengkulu towns of Pagar Dewa and Selebar, local recreation
centers and villages in North Bengkulu. --Antara