SINGOJURUH – Police and Koramil members raided the localization of commercial sex workers (prostitute) Sumberloh, Dusun Padang Bulan, South Benelan Village, Singojuruh District, Banyuwangi Regency, Wednesday (12/4/2018) yesterday.
The raid was led by the Singojuruh Police Chief, AKP Sumono succeeded in capturing four prostitutes who were engrossed in his homestead. “We take the prostitutes to the police station to be checked,” AKP Police Chief Sumono said.
The four prostitutes had the initials SL, 41, residents of Padang Bulan Village, South Benelan Village; KR, 34, from Dusun Klentean, Pandasari Village, Source District, Probolinggo District; RF, 36, residents of Kampung Sindanghayu, Cibenda village, Ciemas District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, and US, 26, residents of Gunungsari Hamlet, Resongo Village, Kupang District, Probolinggo District. “We found them in several guest houses,” the light.
The police chief said the operation was carried out with members of the Singojuruh Koramil, that's because there are reports from the public regarding activities in the former largest localization in Banyuwangi. “We do this operation suddenly, for fear of leaks,” he said.
The effort turned out to be successful, in this raid managed to find four prostitutes, three of whom came from outside Banyuwangi. “During this operation, we searched all the guest houses in the brothel, there were only four of these,” he said.
The police chief said that the operation being carried out was also to enforce regional regulation number 4 year 2007 about HIV/AIDS transmission in Banyuwangi. The prostitutes who were arrested, a misdemeanor will be committed (thin). “We tip them off and send them home,” he said.
Meanwhile, one of the residents around the Sumberloh PSK localization, Sulis, 38, say the location is no longer active. Moreover, this is before fasting and many prostitutes from outside Banyuwangi return home.
"There has been no activity, only one or two people are still carrying out activities,” he said.
Sulis said that while in the localization it was still active, many withdrawals made by local residents, it starts from motor care, entrance tickets and more. It is just, withdrawal is voluntary. Than from the withdrawal, some are allocated for orphans and the poor.
“The proceeds from the motorcycle deposit and others are used for the benefit of the community and social-religious activities,” he said.
Sulis added, the government's lack of attention to the people around the brothel made residents open day care businesses. If the government sees and knows the economic and social environment in it, certainly will not bear to see the number of unemployed and neglected poor people.
“If not the local people who care about the poor, who else,” he said.
As previously reported, even though the Banyuwangi Regency Government, through enforcement officers, has often controlled brothels, but a number of localization of commercial sex workers (prostitute) still open.
That's one of them in Sumberloh localization, Dusun Padang Bulan, South Benelan Village, Singojuruh District, Sunday (8/4). In that place, a number of prostitutes look busy hanging out in front of their guesthouse while waiting for customers.
To enter the biggest PSK localization in Banyuwangi,, there's only one way. Every visitor who will enter, charged Rp 5000. That fee does not include motorbike parking Rp 10 thousand.
“Enter through the gate, visitors have to pay,” said the man who claimed to be named Hariyanto, local people.
According to Hariyanto, To enter the localization, you must show your identity card (KTP). Although not as many as a few years ago, but a number of prostitutes from various regions in East Java are still hanging out. “To enter, you have to pay first and show your ID card,” he said.
Localized Sumberloh it, light him, very coordinated. It starts with security, supervision, and localization administrator. “Everything is coordinated, So if there are officers who are going to carry out raids, they can be found out quickly,” he said.
