Police raid camp housing 68 girls

Sat, 19 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SERANG, Banten: Police here raided on Friday an accommodation
building, where they found at least 68 underaged girls, who were
allegedly waiting to be smuggled overseas as commercial sex
workers.

The raided camp, located in Kramat Watu subdistrict in Banten
province, used to be a factory building.

The raid followed a tip-off from local residents who told the
Serang police that the building harbored dozens of girls slated
to be dispatched to Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, the U.S. and Europe
as illegal workers.

Serang Police chief Comr. Adeni Mohan said many frightened
girls tried to escape when the raid took place.

Two Taiwanese nationals, identified as only Mr Wang and Mrs
Tien, were among those apprehended at the camp, he said.

Mohan said the police were intensively investigating the two
Taiwanese and three of the girls. --Antara

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