Kemayoran Train Station
After the murder of Deudeuh Sahrin Alfi put the spotlight on underground prostitution in Jakarta, especially in unlicensed kos-kosan (boarding houses) like the kind Deudeuh was working out of, government officials have suddenly sprung into action, checking on rumah kos that have been operating for years to see if they actually have licenses.
In Kemayoran, they overwhelmingly did not. The sub-district head of Kemayoran, Purnama Herry, claimed that out of a total of 772 boarding houses in the area, only 18 had the proper license.
“A total of 754 kos-kosan are unlicensed while the other 18 have licenses,” Herry told Tribunnews today.
Herry said officials from the local administration did raids on the boarding houses to enforce the existing regulations (which apparently they hadn’t thought to do before) and to prevent “undesirable” things from taking place.
He said government officials was collecting data from the kos-kosan and would make them apply for the proper licenses immediately or face the consequences.
