Joint Officers Of The Mount Antang Localization Raid, As A Result, No CSWs Were Transported

Joint officers conduct raids on Mount Antang, Matraman, East Jakarta/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The localization of prostitution in Gunung Antang, Matraman District, East Jakarta, was raided by joint officers on Friday, April 22, evening. However, the arrival of officers to this lokalisasi was fruitless, aka without success.

The arrival of the officers was allegedly known to the commercial sex workers who often hang out in the area.

At around 23.00 WIB, officers visited the localization of prostitution which was on the former railroad track towards Jatinegara Station - Manggarai Station.

Officers conducted a sweep starting from the entrance to the localization located on the side of the river. Then the officers walked down the halls where the cafe was dimly lit and the prostitution room.

Based on VOI's monitoring at the location, the dimly lit cafe was found with the door closed with the lights off when joint officers visited the area.

The sweeping of female commercial sex workers who were the main targets in the operation was futile. Officers suspected that the operation had leaked so that the commercial sex workers in the area had fled.

Head of Operations Section (Kasiop) of the East Jakarta Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) Badrudin admitted that there were no results from the operation of commercial sex workers from the Gunung Antang prostitution area, Matraman.

"For the Gunung Antang (prostitution localization) incident, the Matraman Sub-district Satpol PP had entered (operation) first, so we came empty. There was no result," he told VOI at the location.

Even though it didn't produce any results, Badrudin promised to return to his supervision at the Gunung Antang prostitution area, Matraman.

"In the future, we will definitely carry out surveillance and action. Previously (at the Gunung Antang localization) nothing was secured," he concluded.