14-Year-Old Boy Victims Of TIP Used As Lust Leaders Can Be Helped By Poor Guests, Police Investigate Main Perpetrators

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Cianjur Police, West Java, Iptu Tono Listianto. ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri.

JABAR - The police are investigating the case of a minor with the initials SB (14), a Cianjur resident, who is a victim of a criminal act of trafficking in persons (TPPO) being exploited as a sex servant in Tangerang, Banten.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Cianjur Police, Iptu Tono Listianto, said that his party was digging up information from a number of witnesses who had brought the victim to work as a household assistant or ART.

"As soon as possible, we will reveal, especially to save the victim and arrest the perpetrator because the information obtained from the victim is more than two people and is currently being held in Tangerang," he said in Cianjur, West Java (West Java), Thursday, July 20, was confiscated by Antara.

Tono explained that the information obtained from the victim was initially invited by his friend to work in Surabaya as an ART in 2021, but in fact the victim was employed as a song guide at a karaoke place.

"We will investigate the perpetrators involved in the TIP case, to uncover the case, we will pick up the victim to Tangerang," he said.

Meanwhile, based on information from SB's uncle named Tatang, the family lost contact after the victim moved to Tangerang. Until finally the victim was able to contact the family assisted by a man's guest who felt sorry.

"My pattern contacted me a few days ago, saying he was transferred to Tangerang and forced to serve male guests as sex servants. He asked to be picked up because he had been held captive all items including cell phones were confiscated," said Tatang.

SB also admitted that he often received acts of violence from pimps or guests who came because they refused to provide services.

Tono said that after serving guests, the victim and several other girls were again held in the room.

"We have reported to the Cianjur Police, with the hope that our nephews will soon be released along with about 10 other underage girls who were held captive by pimps in Tangerang," he said.