East Java Police Dismantles Prostitution Under The Guise Of Karaoke, Mami Semi Becomes A Suspect
Release of prostitution cases under the guise of karaoke which was held at the East Java Regional Police (AM Sby / VOI)

SURABAYA - The East Java Regional Police's Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) has uncovered prostitution practices that occurred at Yayang Cafe and Resto, Sidoarjo. The police named a pimp as a suspect.

Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation of East Java Regional Police AKBP Nasrun Pasaribu explained the suspect named Janji Ratnawati (41) or often called Mami Semi, a resident of Jalan KH Sulaiman, Gemurung Village, Gedangan, Sidoarjo.

Mami Semi was named a suspect for providing prostitution services that offered song guides to serve guests for immoral relations.

"We reveal a case of obscenity provided by someone, where the location is in Sidoarjo, namely Yayang Cafe Resto. Then for the perpetrator is one person with the initials JR or alias MS," Nasrun said at the East Java Regional Police Headquarters in Surabaya, Wednesday, December 16.

"The suspect is preparing, providing special services for those carrying out sexual relations activities, so he prepares a place and then provides the person to commit the crime of obscene acts," added Nasrun.

Nasrun said Mami Semi violated Articles 296 and 505 of the Criminal Code and has now been detained.

"Based on information from the public, we have disclosed, for the articles applied are 296 and 506 KUHP with a punishment of approximately 1 year and 5 months. Then we carry out detention of the suspect," he said.

In this case, the police secured seven song guides or LC, a cashier and a guest to be questioned as witnesses.

During the raid, the police also discovered that there had been immoral acts in one of the karaoke rooms in the cafe.

Meanwhile, the police secured a number of pieces of evidence. Namely, men's and women's underwear, IDR 1.4 million that was a tip for LC and pimps, to a karaoke bill room at the scene.

"Then we have detained the suspect and for evidence amounting to Rp1.4 million, then Bill room payments then women's and men's underwear," concluded Nasrun.


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