Three Indonesian Citizens Arrested In Prostitution Place, Indonesian Embassy In Kuala Lumpur: Astagfirullah There Are Indonesian Citizens, Sad

The suspects were arrested in a house suspected of being a place of prostitution in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday (5/1/2022). (ANTARA/HO-JIM/Agus)

KUALA LUMPUR - The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) is concerned about the arrests of three Indonesian women (WNI) at a prostitution site during an operation carried out by the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) in Kuala Lumpur.

"Astagfirullah, there are other Indonesian citizens, yes. It's sad, our citizens are still victims of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) like this," said the Coordinator of the Social and Cultural Information Function of the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Yoshi Iskandar when contacted in Kuala Lumpur, as reported by Antara. , Friday, January 7th.

Yoshi urges Indonesian citizens to ensure that the jobs offered by agents are correct and if there is any doubt, they can ask the Indonesian Embassy and report if they feel they are victims of TIP.

Previously JIM raided a prostitution place -- known as the "Red House" - on Jalan Silang, Kuala Lumpur, on January 5, 2022 and detained seven foreigners.

During the raid, a number of women and visitors to the place tried to escape but were unsuccessful because they were surrounded by officers.

"The guard (of the house) took action by locking the door from the inside to block entry of officers and did not cooperate to open the door," said JIM Director General Khairul Dzaimee.

Officers were forced to dismantle the walls of the house in order to get inside after attempts to open and pry open the metal door which was locked from the inside were unsuccessful.

Upon successful entry, officers found the house had been illegally altered by building rooms to serve customers as well as a secret passageway. A total of 11 people were checked at the site. Seven women were found hiding in a secret room, three customers hiding in a secret passage and a location guard hiding in a water tank.

Officers detained seven foreigners consisting of three Indonesian women, two Indian women, a Nepalese man who was the site guard and a Myanmar man who was a customer of the place.

They were detained for not having identification documents, exceeding the period of stay, violating the conditions of residence permits, and other wrongdoings that violated immigration rules.

The seven foreigners were detained at the Semenyih Immigration Depot, Selangor for further investigation.