No sex workers, please

No sex workers, please

TANGERANG: Hundreds of residents of Pondok Jaya subdistrict in
Pondok Aren district and Sawah Lama subdistrict in Ciputat
district demanded Tangerang regency administration to immediately
rid their neighborhoods from prostitution.

"Many illegal kiosks (with sex workers posing as staff) exist
along the road in Tegal Rotan area which connects Pondok Aren and
Ciputat due to weak control from the regency's public order
agency," Komaruddin, a local religious figure, told The Jakarta
Post on Thursday.

He said that residents were worried as most food and drink
kiosk owners employed allegedly sex workers to attract visitors.

"Ramadhan (Muslim) fasting month is to begin and we don't want
to see women with sexy dresses trying to tempt any (Muslim) men
passing the kiosks," he said, adding that all the hookers should
be exiled to one of the islands north of Jakarta.

Solahuddin, a local figure, said that the residents would help
public order officers to clean up the area and get rid of the
prostitutes.

"As of today, we have not seen any attempts by the public
order agency to eliminate the rampant prostitution that just
boosts the growth of crime and drug abuse here," he said. -- JP