Kaimuddin AKA Daeng Tompo is hardly the only man pimping out women for sex in Jakarta. But what makes his actions especially shocking is that he tried to pimp out his very own niece.
Daeng Tompo agreed to pick up his 17-year-old niece, SW, from East Bekasi on August 19. SW’s parents wanted her to go to Palembang to visit her grandmother.
“The victim’s parents asked [Daeng Tompo] to buy their daughter a bus ticket from Tanjung Priok to Palembang,” said Penjaringan Police Chief Susetio Cahyadi, as quoted by BeritaSatu yesterday.
On the way to the bus station, Daeng Tompo also picked up SW’s friend ES from Karawang, as she was supposed to go to Palembang as well.
But Daeng Tompo never bought the bus tickets. With his friend DNG, they toured the city with the two girls. That night, Daeng Tompo took his niece to a café so she could work the cash register, whereas DNG took ES out for dinner.
Daeng Tompo then tried to pimp out SW to a male customer at the café, but she refused. Elsewhere, DNG tried to sleep with ES, but she also refused.
“The next day, the victims were locked inside [Daeng Tompo’s] rented home. SW called her mother to tell her that her uncle didn’t buy her [and ES] the bus tickets to Palembang, but instead made them work,” Susetio said.
Worse still, Daeng Tompo got on the phone with SW’s parents and held SW for a Rp 10 million ransom. He threatened to give up the two girls to traffickers if he didn’t receive the money.
Thankfully, the two girls managed to escape from the house and sought protection at the Penjaringan Police Precinct the next day.
The police arrested Daeng Tompo at his house, but authorities have not yet managed to locate DNG.
In police custody, Daeng Tompo admitted that he has been pimping out sex workers for around Rp 150,000 per session. He could face 3 to 15 years in prison as well as a fine of Rp 150 million for human trafficking.
