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View all search resultsIKN Authority downplays report of rampant prostitution in new capital
The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority said there were no prostitution practices in the new capital's core area although there were some online prostitution practices outside the core area.
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A worker walks in front of the State Palace on Nov. 10, 2024, at the government offices complex in the future capital Nusantara in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. (Antara Foto/M Risyal Hidayat)
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he Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority chief, Basuki Hadimuljono, has acknowledged that prostitution is occurring near the site of the new capital city, but not within the core area.
“The prostitution practices take place in Sepaku region, some 3 kilometers from the development area,” he said on Wednesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Sepaku is a district in North Penajam Paser regency, East Kalimantan.
“We uncovered the practices during the Ramadan fasting month and we have conducted enforcement activities with various law enforcement agencies,” Basuki added.
Basuki said the North Penajam Paser Police and the regency administration’s Public Order Agency had joined the IKN Authority’s development control deputy in taking action against the activities.
“There were eight shady stalls that we have dismantled,” he said. “However, there is a possibility that the prostitution practices have moved to another place.”
Basuki also gave an assurance that enforcement activities would be conducted regularly in cooperation with the local law enforcement agencies.
