JAKARTA - Head of the Capital Archipelago Authority (OIKN) Basuki Hadimuljono opened his voice regarding dozens of commercial sex workers (PSK) operating at IKN.
He said the information was recycled or recycled.
"That's the recycle information. Previously there was, now it's being recycled. According to our control deputy, it's recycled, now it doesn't exist," said Basuki when met by the media crew at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 8.
Basuki believes that the practice of prostitution at IKN currently does not exist. The IKN Authority and law enforcement officials have handled the issue.
"What I know is that during Ramadan there was prostitution, then we combined the police, the Satpol PP and our own development control deputies went down, there were eight stalls that we finished at that time," he said.
He also ensured that none of the OIKN employees were involved in the prostitution activities.
"From ASN, the IKN Authority certainly doesn't exist, but there are 20,000 construction workers from the construction workers," explained Basuki.
Previously, dozens of prostitutes operated around the IKN area, East Kalimantan Province.
They were successfully brought under control by Satpol PP in the control operation throughout 2025.
"We monitor and carry out operations to control the practice of online and offline prostitution around the IKN area," said Head of the Penajam Paser Utara Regency Satpol PP Bagenda Ali as quoted from ANTARA, Tuesday, July 8.
Monitoring and operations are carried out so that around the area of the candidate for the capital city of the country of Indonesia it is free from social illness.
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It is known that the North Penajam Paser Regency Satpol PP has carried out control operations throughout 2025, including in Sepaku District which is part of the IKN area.
North Penajam Paser Regency Satpol PP personnel continue to carry out control patrols in the IKN area because administratively the enforcement of regional regulations (Perda) is still under the authority of the local district government.
In the last three operations, Ali said, specifically in the Sepaku sub-district, 64 women were caught, suspected of being prostitutes or perpetrators of prostitution.
"The first operation was that the officers ordered the two perpetrators and the second operation 32 people were brought under control and the third operation 30 people were put under control," he said.
Based on the results of the information obtained, Ali continued, the practice of prostitution is mostly done online using social media applications and the guests rent an inn room at a rate of Rp. 300,000 per night.
"The perpetrator of prostitution offers services at a price of between Rp. 400,000 to Rp. 700,000 per date," he explained.
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