Indonesia looks to close all red-light districts by 2019: Jakarta Post
Despite being illegal, prostitution is rampant in most major Indonesian cities
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JAKARTA:
Indonesia aims to shutdown all of the country's red-light districts by 2019 in a bid to eradicate prostitution in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Jakarta Post said late Tuesday quoting the social affairs minister.
The government had already closed 68 red-light districts, while another 100 would be closed down within three years, said Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
Rawalpindi's red-light district: Old souls and worn dancing shoes
Despite being illegal, prostitution is rampant in most major Indonesian cities.
Jakarta's governor has started closing down a major prostitution hub in the northern part of the capital, with evictions planned for Sunday.
In 2014, the mayor of Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya shutdown what was believed to be Southeast Asia's biggest red-light district.
Indonesia aims to shutdown all of the country's red-light districts by 2019 in a bid to eradicate prostitution in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Jakarta Post said late Tuesday quoting the social affairs minister.
The government had already closed 68 red-light districts, while another 100 would be closed down within three years, said Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
Rawalpindi's red-light district: Old souls and worn dancing shoes
Despite being illegal, prostitution is rampant in most major Indonesian cities.
Jakarta's governor has started closing down a major prostitution hub in the northern part of the capital, with evictions planned for Sunday.
In 2014, the mayor of Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya shutdown what was believed to be Southeast Asia's biggest red-light district.