In July 2025, a 27-year-old man from Tuban, East Java, was arrested for trafficking his own wife. They had only been married for three months. He used the MiChat app to arrange meetings, charging clients Rp 150,000. When police raided a boarding house, they found the wife with a client while the husband waited outside.

When phrases regarding the exploitation of a spouse in entertainment venues surface, they typically stem from two distinct contexts: