Leaving Home, A 15-year-old Teenager In Bogor Sells Pimps Through MiChat

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BOGOR - Bogor City Police managed to uncover online prostitution practices through the MiChat application. Two perpetrators were arrested and a 15-year-old teenager became a victim.

Two suspects were arrested, namely a man with the initials MS (25), and A (20) who was a resident from Bogor Regency.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bogor City Police, Kompol Rizka Fadhila, said that the two suspects in this case played the role of a 15-year-old girl VA, as a female commercial sex worker.

"The two perpetrators were detained at a hotel on Jalan Jendral Sudirman, on April 29, 2023," said Commissioner Rizka, Tuesday, May 2.

Rizka explained that the disclosure of the online prostitution case was discovered when VA left his house without the knowledge of his parents on April 23, 2023, then.

At that time, VA was picked up by one of his friends to one of the villas in Cipayung. Then the victim was picked up by a man who he just met, named Aidid, and took the victim to his house to stay until Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

Then at midnight, the victim again made an appointment with a man named Panji and went to one of the villas in Cipayung, Bogor Regency. There the victim and his friend drank ciu alcohol, "he said.

After leaving the place, it was explained that Kompol Rizka VA, the 15-year-old girl, had an agreement with another man named Azril, and was taken to his house in the Bogor Tourism Park area.

On the same date, VA met one of the suspects A whom he knew from Facebook a month ago, and had communicated via WA.

Two suspects were arrested, namely a man with the initials MS (25), and A (20) who was a resident from Bogor Regency.

At that time, one of the perpetrators with the initials A offered the victim to work open BO with the lure of earning Rp. 3 million per week. In addition, A also promised VA to bear all his daily needs.

The victim, who was interested in accepting the offer promised by A, took VA to the port and returned to the suspect's boarding house on Thursday, April 27, 2023. At that time, VA met with other perpetrators of MS to offer it to the masher.

"On Friday, April 28, 2023, the reported took the victim to a hotel on Jalan Sudirman for Open BO," he explained.

At that location, the perpetrators apparently peddled VA to two mashers at the rates offered at Rp. 250,000 / guest each.

Together with the suspect, the police also secured evidence including two mobile phones, clothes belonging to the 15-year-old girl.

For his actions, as referred to in Article 76 F Jo 83 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection carries a penalty of 15 years in prison.