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Immigration office uncovers migrant prostitution ring
Batam’s immigration office has uncovered an alleged prostitution ring involving male migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan who were taking shelter in Riau Islands.
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Four migrants and alleged prostitutes are detained at Batam Immigration Office on Sept. 8. The office has uncovered an alleged prostitution ring in which a suspected pimp solicited nine Afghanis and a Pakistani to men and women. (JP/Fadli)
Batam’s immigration office has uncovered an alleged prostitution ring involving male migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan who were taking shelter in Riau Islands.
Among the 10 allegedly trafficked refugees was a 15-year-old boy of Afghan nationality.
The asylum seekers were offered to men and women by an Indonesian pimp in Batam for millions of rupiah, the immigration office claimed.
Batam Immigration Office head Agus Widjaja said the investigation began following a tip-off in late July. The tip-off said people had often spotted “Middle Eastern looking” men being picked up in a luxury car at Kolekta Hotel in Batam.
An official at the immigration office, Muhammad Noviandri, said on Thursday that the office had followed up on the tip with an investigation team.
“We found that they served women and men,” Noviandri said on Thursday. “The pimp has been identified as Bonny Sario,” he added.
The 10 migrants comprised nine Afghanis and one Pakistani. Of the 10, eight were asylum seekers and two were refugees awaiting placement in another country.
“We have sent the pimp to the police,” Noviandri said. (evi)
