Fourty-two prostitutes netted

Fourty-two prostitutes netted

JAKARTA: As many as 42 prostitutes working in Central Jakarta
and North Jakarta were rounded up early on Friday morning in a
joint operation by the City Public Agency, the Social Agency, the
Jakarta Police and the military garrison.

The prostitutes, who are accused of violating City Bylaw No.
11/1988 on public order, were sent to the Kedoya rehabilitation
shelter in West Jakarta.

The arrests, carried out by 50 officers, were part of a
routine operation, which is usually conducted twice a month by
the agency, coordinator Saad Saleh said.

He said that the operation was aimed at reducing the number of
prostitutes working the streets here, beritajakarta.com reported.

The officers arrested the prostitutes while they were waiting
for customers on the streets or in roadside bars. --JP