JAKARTA police arrested a man suspected of running a prostitution business involving seven junior high school girls through Facebook, a police official said on Wednesday.
Central Jakarta police detective chief Yoyon Toni Saputra said that Dede, 28, who was arrested on Monday, had allegedly committed the crimes for two years, kompas.com reported.
The suspect, a resident of Manggarai, South Jakarta, allegedly recruited his neighbours to become prostitutes. The suspect allegedly used Facebook to solicit the girls, aged between 13 and 16 years old, at the price of 2 million rupiahs (S$283) each, sending them to meeting places as required by the buyers once the deals were made, according to Yoyon.
Yoyon said the case was discovered after a teacher checked the Facebook account of a student who was a classmate of one of the girls. The teacher told the girl's father about what he found, and the father reported it to the police.
The father said his daughter had changed in the past few months. 'She used to greet us before going to school, but now she never does. She is rebellious and often returns home late at night,' he said, adding that everyday he gave her 20,000 rupiah for pocket money.
On Tuesday the police also arrested one of Dede's alleged customers, Alay, 50, in his room at Puri Kemayoran Apartment, Central Jakarta. He was arrested soon after a girl sent by Dede entered his room. -- JAKARTA POST/ANN
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