Kamis 01 Sep 2016 21:58 WIB

Police bust Bandung based online prostitution racket

Rep: RR Laeny Sulistyawati/ Red: Reiny Dwinanda
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- West Java Police arrested two suspects who run online prostitution in a number of cities in Indonesia.

"Suspects offer prostitutes through social media with tariff from Rp 1.5 million to Rp 5 million," West Java Police spokesman Sr. Yusri Yunus told reporters in Bandung, West Java, on Thursday (1/9).

He said the case revealed by West Java's Special Criminal Investigation Department at a hotel in the Bandung City. Police have arrested two suspects, identified as NNU (25) as a resident of South Jakarta and MIR (21) from Bandung. One prostitute also has been arrested by police. 

Yusri explained, the two suspects run the business through Twitter account named 'Bandung Agency' @agencyladies which offering prostitutes to men.