Hookers rounded up in Bogor

BOGOR (JP): Some 44 prostitutes and 11 transvestites operating along the city's streets were rounded up in an operation on Monday night.

The Bogor Mayoralty spokesman Hari Harsono said the prostitutes and transvestites were caught on Jl. Juanda, Jl. Merdeka, Jl. Lawang Seketeng and Jl. Pajajaran and in several public places, including Tugu Kapten Muslihat, Taman Kencana park and Bogor railway station.

Hari said the people, who are mostly Bogor residents, were sent to a rehabilitation center in Cibadak, Sukabumi.

He said the operation was conducted by 130 public order officers and 10 students of the Bogor Agriculture Institute.

Earlier in the afternoon, the mayoralty cracked down on several movie theaters, tearing down some pornographic banners and posters out of respect for the Ramadhan fasting month.

Almost all of the banners and posters promoted Indonesian films, Hari said. (24/jun)