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Ahok not shocked by arrest of high-class prostitution pimp
Governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaja Purnama said he was not shocked by the arrest by the police of the pimp of high-class prostitution which involved celebrities and model girls
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overnor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama said he was not shocked by the arrest by the police of the pimp of high-class prostitution which involved celebrities and model girls.
He said such a prostitution has been surrounding for a long time but it could not be eliminated.
'Prostitution has been there since my childhood but we have hypocrite and posed not to know about it,' kompas.com quoted him as saying here on Monday
He also said he did not know the number of ublic officials using sex workers' service but many have abused their power to pay the high tariff.
He admitted he had difficulties to eliminate prostitution, including the online one, in the capital city.
The South Jakarta Police arrested a pimp identified as RA for trading around 200 sex workers, including celebrities and model girls with the tariffs from Rp 80 million (US$6,096) to Rp 200 million. (rms)
