Dozens of 'working girls' netted
Dozens of 'working girls' netted
JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta's Public Order Office and police
have rounded up dozens of girls in raids on five discotheques in
Jl. Gajah Mada, Central Jakarta.
Tugiman Supangkat from the Public Order Office said the girls
were detained because they failed to show their identity cards.
"The girls who are proven to be prostitutes will be sent to a
social service institute in Jl. Kebun Jeruk in West Jakarta," he
said on Saturday.
Friday night's raids started at 10 p.m and lasted four hours.
The five discotheques raided were Malioboro, Lisa Dangdut,
Widuri, Duta, and Freedom.
Malioboro's general manager, Herman, failed to show the
disco's operating permit. The disco is better known as Kings
Cross.
An officer of the Public Order Office said the Malioboro
discotheque had not applied for an operating permit.
A police captain at the Gambir police sub-precinct said
that no Ecstasy pills or other prohibited drugs were seized in
the raids: "The discotheque visitors had possibly thrown their
Ecstasy pills into the toilets before the officers entered the
building."
He said the disco's security guards had stopped the officers
entering the second floor of the building.
The first floor of the building is used as an amusement
center.
Ecstasy and prostitution raids have been conducted recently by
city council with help from police and military police.
Some hotels in West Jakarta which provided rooms for "working
girls" were also raided over the weekend.
Some girls were allegedly caught naked with male customers in
their rooms. They were then taken to the local police station for
questioning.
The latest Ecstasy raid by the military police was at Poster
Kafe on Jl. Gatot Subroto last Thursday.
Police confiscated 52 Ecstasy pills, a gun and three knives
during the raid.
Capt. Rusli, who led the raid, said they arrested 14 people,
including nine women and five men.
Rusli confirmed that the military police will continue to
fight crime, including drug abuse. (jun/25)