Central Java Police Unravel Cases Of Trafficking In Children Employed At Karaoke Places In Tegal City

Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Djuhandhani/ Antara

SEMARANG - The Central Java Regional Police (Polda) uncovered the practice of trafficking underage children who were sold to a karaoke place in Tegal City.

Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Djuhandhani, said that three perpetrators were arrested in the disclosure of the crime of trafficking in children.

He explained that the disclosure started from information about the whereabouts of minors who worked at a karaoke place located in the Mintaragam Rice Market complex, Tegal City.

"During the inspection, it was found that three children aged 14 and 17 were employed at the karaoke place," he said in a press release in Semarang, reported by Antara, Wednesday, September 8.

The three children, he continued, came from West Java. Three karaoke employees, he continued, were also arrested in the disclosure of the case. The three employees each had the initials ES (32) a resident of Tegal City, ST (23) a resident of Cirebon Regency, and SHN (21) a resident of Bandung City.

He explained that the suspects played a role in finding victims who would be sold at the karaoke place.

Together with the suspects, evidence of room bills and "bookong orders" were secured for the three victims, he said.

For his actions, he said, the three perpetrators were charged with Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection.