Jakarta. A hotel in Tangerang, Banten, has actually been sealed by regional officials and could face long-term closure after authorities jailed the owner for presumably enticing girls into prostitution.
The owner has actually been determined as actress Cynthiara Alona who has actually starred numerous scary movies. She has remained in authorities custody since Thursday on charge of running hidden prostitution at her hotel including minor girls.
The hotel, named after the owner, was sealed by the Tangerang Municipal Police on Monday based on suggestion from the Jakarta Cops who manage the case and the mayor.
” Alona Hotel is now officially sealed for breaching the law,” municipal cops head Agus Hendra informed press reporters at the scene on Monday.
” We will keep an eye on other hotels and apartment or condos which might also run prostitution in Tangerang.”
Tangerang Mayor Arief Wismansyah has earlier threatened to withdraw the hotel’s license.
The Jakarta Cops robbed the hotel last week and discovered more than 43 ladies and women working as woman of the streets.
Alona was named suspect in addition to hotel manager Abdul Azis and a male recognized by initials D.A. who is implicated of being a pimp.
The hotel owner is associated with the crime with an intention, cops have stated.
” She has argued that during the Covid-19 break out, hotel occupancy rate has actually been dropping and she needed some other way to cover functional expenses,” Jakarta Police spokesman Chief Comr. Yusri Yunus said.
The supposed pimp has actually approached lots of underage girls by guaranteeing them a task, but they ended up as woman of the streets for hotel guests, the officer added.
When cops raided the hotel on Jalan Lestari, all its 30 spaces were inhabited by lots of minor girls and adult men, he stated.
” The tariff varied from Rp 400,000 to Rp 1 million,” Yusri said, adding that the variety of suspects is most likely to grow after examination is concluded.
” There are 15 victims of underage ladies aged in between 14 and 16 from different regions,” he said.
The victims have actually been transferred to a number of institutions under the Social Affairs Ministry for medical assistance and therapy to conquer the experience.
The ladies were introduced to hotel customers through social networks platform MiChat. Yusri stated the hotel has actually become a location for forced prostitution for a minimum of three months.
The three suspects are likewise charged under the child security law which carries an optimal punishment of ten years’ imprisonment.
Apolos Djara Bonga, an attorney for Alona, stated that even if his customer owns the hotel, it doesn’t always imply that she has a function in the criminal activity.
” Authorities may have a various opinion however to me it’s too premature to state that she is involved,” the attorney said.
