Ulemas want mayor to erase prostitution

Ulemas want mayor to erase prostitution

TANGERANG: A group of ulema have asked Tangerang Mayor Wahidin
Halim to eliminate prostitution in the municipality, citing fears
that sex workers could spread HIV/AIDS.

"The ulemas are willing to take part in raids to drive
prostitutes and transvestite sex workers from the town," said Lau
Pangkun, an official with the Indonesian Tionghoa Muslim Unity
Body, on Saturday.

The chairman of the Tangerang branch of the Indonesian Ulemas
Council, Saiful Millah, said the administration had reached an
agreement with the ulemas to eliminate prostitution.

He said the agreement also included the eradication of
gambling, drugs and alcohol in Tangerang. -- JP