THREE women from North Sulawesi managed to escape from Sorong, West Papua, after refusing to be commercial sex workers. The three were Angel, 16, Hesti, 21, and Melan, 23, residents of Sonder, Minahasa. All said that they were offered jobs in Sorong by someone they knew called Linda.

However, upon arrival in Sorong they were placed in a night club belonging to a woman called Norma. There, Angel, Hesti and Melan were forced to serve men looking