From Bottled Tea to Child Prostitution

Increasingly, Indonesian children are the victims of sexual exploitation.

July 30, 2002

ONE evening at a corner of Jalan Prumpung in East Jakarta, two teenaged girls peddle soft drinks at a special price. The Rp5,000 price tag for a bottle of tea surely isnt the price normally charged by vendors. Elsewhere the cost is only Rp1,500. Apparently, the special price charged by the girls includes a special service. The buyer is entitled to touch and fondle the girlseven their private partsas he enjoys the sweet refreshment.

Nani (not her r

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