Jakarta: Abdul Aziz, also known as Daeng Aziz, is the epitome of a Jakartan underbelly boss, notorious for driving the shady business of the Kalijodo red-light district, the elephant in the room that pays the rent.
But Aziz’s venture and the tales of Kalijodo, among the oldest brothel districts in South-East Asia, the bizarre love child born of a union between organised crime and a corrupt bureaucracy and law enforcement system, is about to end.
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