Two women, identified only by their initials L, 42, and LKS, 36, are escorted by a police officer at West Kalimantan Police headquarters in Pontianak on Nov. 10, 2026. The two were arrested for allegedly trafficking Indonesian women through arranged marriages with men in China.`

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