Brothel raided, 12 arrested

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Police arrested two pimps and 10 prostitutes in a raid of a brothel in the Mandoga area last weekend.

Deputy provincial police chief Lt. Col. Darsono said yesterday that the arrests were the first the authorities had made this year.

He said that the brothel was raided on a tip-off and the move was apparently widely welcomed by the local residents.

The prostitutes, aged between 20 years and 30 years, were mostly immigrants who came to the area to start in the flesh business a year ago, he said. (rms)