TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Surabaya Police arrested a 23-year-old actress and model with the initials ‘AS’, for her involvement in a prostitution ring. AS was arrested, along with four other girls, notably working on a day-shift as Sales Promotion Girls (SPG).
“The five girls are victims of trafficking from their pimps, YY and BS. Both are still at large,” said Head of Crime Division at Surabaya Police, Senior Commissioner, Takdir Mattanete, on Thursday, September 3.
The ring, in its stint, made use of social media, BlackBerry Messenger and Facebook to distribute the pictures of the escorts. Users then had to contact YY to agree on the price, which was around 1-2 million per hour, with the exception of actress like AS that can reach up to Rp 8-10 million per hour.
“The payment depends on the deal. Some paid half at first, some paid all in cash during the meet up,” said Takdir.
The case hit media spotlight as police raided a hotel in which they found the five suspects. “We will investigate this case until we find the pimp,” said Takdir. “[…] we don’t know yet if their customers include state officials or not.”
MOHAMMAD SYARRAFAH