DKI Provincial Government Orders Prostitution Places In Royal Penjaringan Alley

JAKARTA - The ranks of the DKI Jakarta Satpol PP have officially closed the location of prostitution in the Gang Royal area, Rawa Bebek Selatan, Penjaringan, North Jakarta. This closure was carried out by controlling the illegal buildings that were standing there.

Head of DKI Jakarta Satpol PP Arifin said, as many as 150 buildings that were used as prostitution localization were brought under control because they stood on the land of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero).

"Today there are approximately 3,000 meters whose land we have arranged. Because this place is also a place that is categorized as a high crime, there are activities related to matters that lead to immorality and so on," said Arifin in his statement, Wednesday, September 20.

Arifin emphasized that there was no relocation to residents who lived in the buildings that were put in order in Gang Royal. This is because this location is strongly indicated as a place for prostitution.

A number of Satpol PP officers will also guard so that there will be no more illegal buildings in the area.

"After the control is completed, we will continue to guard it, we will not allow any more illegal buildings," he said.

Arifin will coordinate with PT KAI as the land owner to restore the land according to its function.

"We will synergize with PT KAI. If it does function as a green open space, then we will return its function and we will plant trees," explained Arifin.

For information, the control of this building was carried out after the disclosure of a criminal case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in Gang Royal. The case started with a resident complaint via the Hotline 110 Police Headquarters which was forwarded to the Penjaringan Metro Police Headquarters.

On August 15, a man reported having lost his younger brother with the initials MJS (19) who was allegedly deceived by the lure of work at a clinic.

The reporter admitted that he was not informed that MJS would be recruited as a commercial sex worker. The reporter panicked when his younger brother suddenly sent a message to inform him that he had been locked up in a shelter on Jalan Tanah Pasir Dalam Raya Number 3B, RT10/RW09 Penjaringan Village, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta.

In that place there were also other young women, namely SW (19), MU (19), SR (20), and CNS (19), in addition to MJS (19). According to TW, these women were recruited from various areas outside Jakarta, such as Lampung to Pandeglang (Banten).

Until finally, a TIP perpetrator was arrested by the Penjaringan Police, North Jakarta. The perpetrator, who has now become a suspect, with the initials M, is the manager of the Melati Cafe, a localization in Gang Royal in RT03/RW013, Penjaringan Village.

"The suspect in the Gang Royal initials M TIP case who is being sought has now been secured by the Resmob team of the Penjaringan Metro Police on Saturday (September 2) in the Tambora area, West Jakarta. The person concerned is the cafe manager," said Head of the Metro Penjaringan Police Commissioner M Probandono Bobby Danuardi to reporters.

M had fled to West Jakarta after being declared the person who employed the TIP suspect in the Penjaringan area, North Jakarta, who had been arrested earlier on August 15, 2023, namely a 23-year-old man, Tiar Wahyudin (TW). TW was named a suspect in a female trafficking agent to become a commercial sex worker in Gang Royal.