Tricking Mawar Girl To Make Her A Prostitute In Pekanbaru, EL Dianjam Pidana 10 Years In Prison Fines Rp250 Million

General Criminal Prosecutor (Pidum) Bengkulu Attorney General Zainal Efendi. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Office has demanded that the defendant EL be related to a criminal case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) with a criminal sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 250 million, subsidiary to six months in prison. "We believe that the actions of the defendant EL were proven to have exploited the victim Mawar (the pseudonym), by lying to the underage victim with the lure of working as a clothes shopkeeper in Lubuk Linggau City. However, the offer changed, Mawar was then taken to Pekanbaru Riau City to be used as a prostitute in the defendant's cafe," said Bengkulu Attorney General's Office (Pidum) Zainal Efendi in Bengkulu City, quoted from Antara, Friday, October 27. The defendant, said Zainal, was proven legally in violation of Article 1 paragraph (1) of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the crime of trafficking in persons. Mawar's victim at that time was 15 years old, employed at a cafe owned by the defendant EL in Pekanbaru, Riau as a song guide (PL). In addition, the victim was also employed as a prostitute, with fees ranging from Rp. 300 thousand to Rp. 500 thousand in every date. The victim did not receive the money mamun but was taken by the defendant EL. For burdensome things, explained Zainal, the defendant EL had exploited minors by tricking or deceiving the victim. Previously, on July 13, 2023, the Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Bengkulu Regional Police arrested one suspect, namely EL related to the criminal case of selling people (TPPO) who were brought to Pekanbaru, Riau Province. "The suspect EL was arrested for employing SS victims who are minors as song assistants and commercial sex workers in Riau Province," said Head of Public Relations of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Pol Anuardi. In the TIP case, it started when the victim was promised a job by the suspect as a shopkeeper in Lubuk Linggau City, South Sumatra. However, when the victim arrived in Lubuk Linggau, the suspect and his son immediately took SS to Pekanbaru at one of the cafes as song assistants. During the arrest, his party confiscated evidence in the form of a car, 50 contraceptives, a bundle of children's debt records employed by the suspect and a bundle of statements from minors employed by the suspect.

It is known that the Bengkulu Regional Police and their ranks have disclosed 19 cases of criminal trafficking in persons (TPPO) that occurred in a number of areas in Bengkulu. Of the 19 TIP cases, the Regional Police and their ranks have rescued 36 victims in eight Bengkulu areas.