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Indonesia shuts down massive prostitution complex

By Washington Examiner
Published June 18, 2014 4:14pm ET
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Indonesia shuts down massive prostitution complex
Sex workers of Dolly red-light district sit on the road in a protest against the closing of the prostitution complex in Surabaya, East java, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The government has shut down a red-light district in Indonesia's second largest town amid protests by pimps and sex workers as well as dependents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) | Dita Alangkara

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials officially shut a massive prostitution complex in Indonesia’s second-largest city on Wednesday amid protests by sex workers, who said their livelihoods were being destroyed.

The mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini, announced the closure of the “Dolly” prostitution complex in a ceremony at the city’s Islamic Center Building, about a mile (two kilometers) away.

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