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that the prostitutes must have an age of at least seventeen years old, before the were appointed, were completely informed about their work, that they had to perform only with their own free will were appointed, and to their own discretion could cancel their appointment when they would like to;
that the women received a fixed salary per month, plus a part of that amount, that the visitors, that went to bed with them, had to pay, as well as housing;
that they also stood under regular medical controls
that the accused and XXX recommended the prostitutes to collect as much as possible, because this was in their own interest, after all her earnings increased, but he himself has never prescribed a certain amount per evening, and this is not know by him of XXX
that the prostitutes who had performed this occupation before, originated from Batavia, namely eleven Dutch (Hollandsche) women from Tjidengkamp, and others from the non interned society, Semarang, Bandoeng, Djooja and Salatiga;
that he himself, interchangeably with his co-workers XXX XXXX, a certain Ms XXX, and Ms XXX also know as XXX, has gone to the places outside Batavia to recruit prostitutes for the Sakura;
that at the appointment of prostitutes her names were given to te Kempeitai, that had supervision on the Japanese companies and once every two or three weeks came to supervise;
that he never let or himself had threatened or used violence to recruit women as prostitutes for the “Sakuraclub”, or force her to stay, if she wanted to resign, and that he is not familiar with, that XXX or other co-workers did such things;
that he does not believe, that they did that, and certainly did not threat with the Kempei; because the Kempei only reacted, when he, the accused, personally called upon the intervention, and upon a request of one of his subordinates certainly would not have reacted;
that he sometimes did hit a prostitute, because she quarreled with XXX and once, because she had a clandestine boyfriend outside the brothel, but not to force her to prostitution;
Considering, that the following in the preliminary investigation witnesses heard. according to her declarations made up under the oath of office and read the records to the accused at the examination; present by the records, declared in essence and confirmed by oath;
1. XXX :
That she has worked in the Sakuraclub, a brothel in Gang Horning in Batavia as a prostitute as of 6 Mei 1944 until approximately September of that year;
That she voluntarily accepted this occupation at the proposal of XXX

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