The directorate for the police’s cybercrime unit announced on Tuesday that the website offered women who, according to the website, also worked as flight attendants, models and sales girls.

Jakarta Police’s spokesperson Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said police had named the owner of the site, AN, a suspect for pimping the women.

“The suspect said most clients were businessmen,” Awi said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

The women, aged between 20 to 30 years, charged between Rp 5 million and Rp 7 million per date. For Rp 5 million, the suspect got a commission of Rp 1.5 million. He got Rp 3 million if the date was tagged at Rp 7 million.

“There was a relationship between the victims [the women] and the suspect,” Awi said.

During the investigation, detectives posed as potential clients and contacted AN through WhatsApp chat. AN sent a list of women with their pictures, age, background and rates.

After some negotiation, AN offered the detective a “former model," known by the initial T, for Rp 5 million for a date. The police arrested the suspect in Kalibata, South Jakarta. Both AN and T were arrested after they exchanged money.

The police have not named T a suspect because in the Indonesian legal system, these women were victims of human trafficking. (evi)

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