Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below. Just click on the icons to get to the download page. Prostitution remains thriving in Surabaya, East Java, despite the closure of the Dolly red-light district, purportedly the biggest in Southeast Asia, as the industry has turned to the cyber world. At a sidewalk coffee stall in Putat Jaya subdistrict, Sawahan district, Surabaya, Iqbal showed some 20 photographs on his smartphone of women of various ages.
He claimed they were former Dolly workers. The room that Iqbal referred to was not located in the Dolly red-light district. When a deal is struck, according to Iqbal, the client is sent to the hotel and not long after, a sex worker chosen at the coffee stall will arrive.
The pimp, who had worked in the Dolly area for years, said he could earn between Rp 1 million and Rp 2 million nightly. Sumaryono said there were no indications of former Dolly tenants being involved in online prostitution networks. Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini, or Risma, denied that online prostitution in the city was an impact of the closure of the Dolly and Jarak red-light districts.
She cited the case of Keyko, a high-profile pimp from Surabaya who used BBM and Facebook to lure clients for sex workers across the country until she was arrested in Another pimp, Nauda Fiolet, 22, of Kedungdoro subdistrict, Tegalsari district, Surabaya, also posted photos of her sex workers in a BBM group and on a website to get customers.
She was arrested in June. TheJakartaPost Please Update your browser Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. Register here.
