Depok working on prostitution ban

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Wed, 06/28/2006 3:55 PM  |  Jakarta

DEPOK: The Depok City Council will start deliberating next month the draft of an ordinance banning prostitution, the chairwoman of the Prosperous Justice Party faction, Qurtifa Wijaya, said.

""We're already 80 percent through, so hopefully we'll finish the draft by the end of the month and begin deliberating it next month,"" she said as quoted by Antara.

Qurtifa said the council's working committee had conducted a comparative study in Sukabumi where the Sukabumi City Council is currently deliberating a bill on alcohol, prostitution and narcotics.

Councillor Ahmad Dahlan said scholars and experts would be invited to make recommendations.

""We hope they can improve the draft because it will be in everyone's best interests if it is passed into law.""

Tangerang municipality was the first to bring in bylaws banning alcohol and prostitution. But experts said the law on prostitution contained definitions so vague it could be used to target women who went out by themselves after dark. --JP

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