Student sold to pimp

Student sold to pimp

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Two girls, aged 21 and 16, will soon
stand trial on charges of selling a 16-year-old junior high
school student last year to a man in Belawan, 30 kilometers from
here.

Prosecutor Dahlia Mahmud said the defendants had fooled the
victim by promising her a job in a plush restaurant where she
would earn Rp 20,000 (US$8.50) a day.

Instead of finding her a job as promised, the suspects sold
the victim to a pimp in the Sicanang red-light district for Rp
60,000, Antara reported.

The prosecutor said the girl managed to flee the brothel after
she was forced to entertain customers for several weeks. (pan)