Bogor asked to act on prostitution

Bogor asked to act on prostitution

Activists from the Muslim-based Justice Party (PK) gathered at
the Bogor administration office on Monday, demanding that the
administration rid the city of all prostitution spots and porno
VCDs before the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan begins later
this month.

"As we'll soon enter the fasting month of Ramadhan, we'll
continue to remind the government on the need to crack down on
prostitution and pornography throughout the city," said Ani
Sumarni, chief of the PK women's affairs department.

She said that in their initial steps they asked the local
government to focus on pornography, which she claims was growing
rapidly in the city. She cited, as an example, a porn VCD of two
Bandung students which has been a hot seller recently.

"Due to the increase of porn VCDs, many women and children had
become targets of sexual crimes," she concluded.

Suhud Ahyadi, a senior official in Bogor, who received the
activists in his office, explained that his administration would
soon crack down on suspected prostitution locations and the porn
VCD industry. --JP