JAKARTA - The West Sumatra Regional Police arrested a man with the initials TA (35) who is suspected of selling two young women to serve johns at a hotel in Padang City.
The Head of Public Relations of the West Sumatra Police, Kombes Pol. Satake Bayu, said Monday, April 25, that the man was suspected of committing the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) who was tasked with finding guests for the two women.
TA was arrested on Saturday, April 16, at 23.30 WIB at a hotel in the Padang City area.
According to him, the man offered the woman with the initials SA (21) and YF (19) to another man.
He explained that the chronology of the arrests began with information from the public regarding the alleged transaction of trafficking in people.
Based on this information, the Opsnal Ditreskrimum team of the West Sumatra Police conducted an investigation and managed to secure a man who at that time was acting suspiciously.
The perpetrator was detained at the hotel after carrying out prostitution transactions by offering women to guests staying at the hotel.
The two women were SA and YF and a number of evidences were secured in the form of two hotel room keys, IDR 500 thousand in cash, contraceptive devices, and three mobile phones.
The man was then taken to the West Sumatra Police Headquarters for the development of this case
"The two women SA and YF were then sent to the Andam Dewi Social Home in Solok for coaching," said Satake, quoted from Antara.
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