Twenty-seven prostitutes rounded up in Bogor raid
Twenty-seven prostitutes rounded up in Bogor raid
BOGOR (JP): Bogor Police have rounded up another 27
prostitutes, raising to 127 the number of sex workers caught in a
series of law enforcement operations during the last three
months.
The Bogor Police chief, Col. Dadang Garnida, said Wednesday
that 14 of the 27 prostitutes were apprehended Tuesday night in
Pondok Bambu Inn on Jl. Baru Kemang, while the other 14 were
picked up along several streets in the city,
"We gave priority to the hotel because we heard that it was
used as a den of prostitution," Dadang said, adding that police
would also question the owner of the hotel.
"If it is proved that the owner uses the hotel for
prostitution, we will bring the owner to court for violating the
hotel's license," he said.
He said sex workers would also be sent to court for committing
minor crimes. Prostitutes may face a maximum penalty of three
months in jail or fines of Rp 50,000 (US$13.8), according to
Bogor Bylaw No. 1/1990.
Kusnadi, the head of Bogor's public order office, said earlier
that the prostitutes caught in the operations were aged between
20 and 30.
He said the women claimed to work as prostitutes because it
was hard to get other types of work.
"But some said that they did it as a hobby."
Kusnadi said the educational backgrounds of most of the women
ranged from elementary school to senior high school, while the
remainder had no education at all.
Most were migrants from nearby cities, including Sukabumi,
Cianjur, Rangkasbitung, Tangerang and Karawang, he said.
Separately, residents of Baranangsiang subdistrict, Bogor,
found a baby in front of a local resident's house Wednesday.
Dadang said the baby was believed to have been dumped by its
mother, identified as Juju Juleha, 18, a senior high school
student.
"The baby was still alive when it was found about 6 a.m,
weighing 2.9 kilograms and measuring 49 centimeters."
He said the baby was treated at a nearby community health
center.
He said Juju had not been questioned because she was being
treated at the Indonesian Red Cross Hospital in Bogor for
bleeding and shock.
Police believed that the baby was the result of an illicit
relationship. (24/jun)