Husband And Wife Puncturing Artists And Celebrities Become Online Prostitution Suspects

The pimping husband and wife are the suspects in the prostitution case of artists and celebrities in North Jakarta

JAKARTA - The police have named two pimps with the initials AR (26) and CA (25) as suspects in an online prostitution case involving artists and celebrities in North Jakarta. Both are suspected of committing the crime of camping in person.

"After the initial investigation results, we named two pimps as suspects," said North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Sudjarwoko to reporters, Friday, November 27.

From the results of the examination, both of them admitted to being pimps since 2019. Both were known to be husband and wife

"The investigation results are estimated to have been around one year," said Sudjarwoko.

In this case, investigators confiscated several items to serve as evidence. One of these contraceptives was found in the hotel room where celebrities, artists and male johns were secured.

"The evidence that we secure is cell phones, wallets, money, contraceptives and hotel room sheets," he said.

Investigators in this case applied Article 2 paragraph 1 of the Republic of Indonesia Law number 21 of 2007 subsidiary to Article 296 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 506 of the Criminal Code. Thus, they face up to 15 years in prison.

Previously, the police revealed the practice of online prostitution in a room at the Sunlight Sunter Hotel, North Jakarta, on Wednesday, November 25 evening.

In disclosing this case, five people were arrested. Two of them are celebrities and artists with the initials ST and MY. Then, one person was a masher and the rest were pimps with the initials AR and CA.