Sex workers to lose hair during Ramadhan

Sex workers to lose hair during Ramadhan

PEKANBARU, Riau: The Pekanbaru municipal government warned on
Tuesday that government officials would shave sex workers' heads,
if they were found operating during Ramadhan. The statement was
made following the arrest of 17 sex workers in various places in
the city in the past week.

Sex workers are normally released after they sign an agreement
not to operate again, but in most cases, they return to the
streets a few weeks after.

The presence of sex workers during Ramadhan, is offensive to
Muslims who are fasting, said Ida Triani, the chief of Pekanbaru
Social Affairs Office. -- JP