'Premium Place' Online Prostitution Offers Thousands Of Women

Release of disclosure of prostitution/PHOTO cases: Rizky Adytia-VOI

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police said that there were 1,962 women who were used as lust for mashers in the online prostitution case of the Telegram group 'Premium Place'.

Starting from underage women, foreign nationals (WNA), to'sequeries' or less well-known celebrities.

"The number of telephones offered by the perpetrators in this telegram group is 1,962 talents or 1962 people and currently the category of underage women offered has only been identified as 19 people," said Wadirtipidsiber Bareskrim Polri Kombes Dani Kustoni to reporters, Tuesday, July 23.

Premium Place group members who reach 3,200 accounts are said to be able to choose the woman they want to date through the catalog provided.

Of course, at different prices. Especially for underage women, it reaches tens of millions of rupiah.

"Especially for underage women, the perpetrators set a price of Rp. 8 million to Rp. 17 million," he said.

In fact, loyal members will get an offer from the admin to join another group under the name 'Hidden Gem'.

However, to enter the group, loyal members must pay IDR 5 million to IDR 10 million as a deposit.

"Member group hidden gems is working, namely by offering specifically, which according to the group they will be given the best women according to them," he said.

Of course, the costs that must be incurred by members are quite high to enjoy these prostitution services.

Possibly, the women offered by the perpetrators to members of the hidden gem group are foreigners to'sequeries' or less well-known celebrities.

"So, almost an average rate of hundreds of millions. That's in the hidden gems group itself," said Dani.

On the other hand, it is stated that this online prostitution practice has been operating for about a year, to be precise July 2023.

During that time, the suspects were able to reap profits of billions of rupiah. This refers to the balance in the three accounts belonging to the suspect which are used as evidence.

"From the results of the suspect's examination, we found that in the account of approximately the total transaction there was Rp9 billion which we found from 3 accounts that we found during the one year trip as we said earlier," said Dani.

In this case, four people have been named as suspects, namely YM, MRP, CA, and MI who are prisoners as well as the main perpetrators.

They were charged with Article 45 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 52 paragraph 1 of Law number 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions. Thus, the suspects face a maximum imprisonment of 15 years.