PEKANBARU, Riau: The Mandau Police freed 14 women who were forced to work as sex workers at the Bukit Indah Permai redlight district in Sebangar village, Bengkalis regency, in Riau
PEKANBARU, Riau: The Mandau Police freed 14 women who were forced to
work as sex workers at the Bukit Indah Permai redlight district in
Sebangar village, Bengkalis regency, in Riau.
Two bar owners, known as
Sym and Am, who allegedly forced these women into prostitution, have
been arrested by the police and named as human-trafficking suspects.
Mandau Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Arif Fajar said the women, two of
whom were still underage, came from Bandung regency, West Java.
They had been forced into prostitution for the past two weeks, he added.
Arid said that the sex trafficking case was uncovered after police
received information from residents that a number of women were subject
to physical abuse and sexual exploitation at the bar.
“The women are also reported to have been heavily indebted to the bar
owners and could not leave the place,” Arif told The Jakarta Post on
Thursday.
“If there’s no problem, they
will be sent home to their parents
in the next two days at the
latest.” — JP
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