T

he management of Kalibata City apartments in South Jakarta says it has redoubled efforts to tackle prostitution in the complex.

The Jakarta Police raided the 18-tower complex on Wednesday, in the course of which they arrested 32 suspected prostitutes in 17 apartments, six of whom were underage.

Kalibata City general manager Ishak Lopung said the management had established three measures to prevent the problem and would make them standard procedure.

“Agents or owners are not allowed to rent out apartments on a daily basis. The minimum rental period is three months. The lease must be submitted to us,” Ishak said on Thursday, as reported by tempo.co.

The management will also brief security staff and instruct them to take firm action with unidentified people, he said.

The management will also get involved in monitoring security, Ishak said, by checking whether residents were listed on the database of every tower and whether they were renting daily or were long-term occupants.

Furthermore, Ishak said, the management would take serious action, especially in the case of underage sex workers, in which case it would involve their parents. “What we can do is contact their parents […],” Ishak said.