Like A Company, 4 Women Whose Job Is To Serve Guests At A Boarding House In Semarang Are Asked To Sign A Contract

Suspect of pimping online prostitution presented at press release at Semarang Police Headquarters (ANTARA)

SEMARANG - Semarang Polrestabes arrested an online prostitution pimp who carried out his actions at a boarding house in the capital city of Central Java.

The Head of Semarang Polrestabes Kombes Irwan Anwar said the perpetrator opened a practice at the Palapa boarding house, Gayamsari, Semarang City.

The disclosure of this case began when the police received complaints from residents about the activities of non-husband and wife couples who were often alone in the room. Upon this complaint, the police moved to raid the location.

From the results of the examination, it is known that the female sex worker who offered her services through a pimp named Darwin Pratomo (33), a resident of Kendal Regency also lives in one of the rooms in the boarding house.

"There are four women who are victims of this prostitution practice, one of them is still a minor," he explained in Semarang, as reported by Antara, Monday, November 22.

From the results of the suspect's examination, the four women who were victims of prostitution were recruited after applying for job vacancies posted on social media. Like the company, the victims were also forced by the suspect to sign a work agreement.

The police chief explained that the perpetrators received a share of Rp. 200,000 from each guest served by the victims. Meanwhile, he continued, the suspect offered prostitution services through social media.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and Article 296 of the Criminal Code concerning prostitution.