Woman sought over nude photos

Woman sought over nude photos

JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian police are looking for a young
Indonesian woman believed to be a member of a prostitution
racket, after they found explicit photographs of her engaging in
sexual acts.

Antara, in a dispatch from Kuala Lumpur, said the wanted woman
was 24 years old and hailed from Lampung. She reportedly went to
Malaysia last November to work as a domestic servant for a
Malaysian family in Ipoh in the state of Perak.

Police are also looking for a man of Indian origin identified
as Michel, who is believed to be her panderer and her "partner"
in the pornographic photographs.

The pictures are believed to have been used to entice
prospective clients.

According to Antara, the case came to light by accident when
the young woman went to Kuala Lumpur with Michel recently to try
to regain her passport which had reportedly been seized by her
employer in Ipoh.

The young woman and Michel reportedly first visited the
Indonesian embassy in the Malaysian capital, but were there
referred to the Center for the Protection of Indonesian Workers.

The woman reportedly said she was too scared to go back to the
house in which she had previously lived for fear of being
physically abused.

The center is said to have taken up her case and arranged for
her to stay with an Indonesian family in Kuala Lumpur for the
time being.

It was that family which, reportedly, found 23 sexually-
explicit photographs among the young woman's belongings. She then
fled the house, leaving no trace.

According to the results of the Malaysian investigation so
far, the young woman is from Cisapat Sukabumi in Lampung and was
sent to Malaysia by PT. Citra Arum, a labor supply company based
in Jakarta. (rms)