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JAKARTA, Indonia (AP) — Indonian police taed dozens of men a raid on a gay party at a hotel Jakarta, an official said Wednday. Jakarta police spokperson Yri Yun said ne people spected of anizg Saturday's party were arrted and 47 others who participated were released. The ne are beg charged unr a pornography law which rri a maximum penalty of 15 years prison and a fe, he said. Yun said the participants were all om the same muny Jakarta. Police are still vtigatg to terme if any other people were volved, he said. Homosexualy is not illegal Indonia, the world's most populo Mlim natn, except nservative Aceh provce. However, the untry’s gay and lbian muny has recently e unr siege. Police have set up a special task force to vtigate alleged homosexual activy. In Febary, members of the Hoe of Reprentativ proposed a bill that would fe homosexualy as viant and require lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people to report to thori for rehabilatn. The Uned Natns Human Rights Council has lled on Indonian thori to release people taed on the basis of their sexual orientatn and bat anti-gay stigma the untry.

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INDONIA POLICE TA DOZENS RAID ON JAKARTA GAY PARTY

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JAKARTA, Indonia (AP) — Indonian police taed dozens of men a raid on a gay party at a hotel Jakarta, an official said Wednday. Homosexualy is not illegal Indonia, the world’s most populo Mlim natn, except nservative Aceh provce.

However, the untry’s gay and lbian muny has recently e unr siege.

JAKARTA POLICE RAID GAY SEX PARTY AMID CRACKDOWN ON LGBT INDONIANS

Police raid the private home after receivg reports that was beg ed as a gay club. * gay party jakarta *

Police have set up a special task force to vtigate alleged homosexual activy. In Febary, members of the Hoe of Reprentativ proposed a bill that would fe homosexualy as viant and require lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people to report to thori for Uned Natns Human Rights Council has lled on Indonian thori to release people taed on the basis of their sexual orientatn and bat anti-gay stigma the untry. More than a hundred men arrted Jakarta after an alleged gay sex party.

Homosexual sex is not illegal the majory of Indonia, except the extremely nservative provce of Aceh. In the past week, two gay men were sentenced to 85 lash for havg sexual relatns nservative Aceh – a verdict nmned by human rights activists. Meanwhile the Indonian Constutnal Court is currently hearg a petn by a nservative group to remend changg the untry’s crimal to make homosexual sex illegal.

Jakarta, Indonia – The Associated Prs and ABC News report that Indonian police taed dozens of men a raid on a gay party at a hotel Jakarta, an official announced on September 2.

INDONIAN POLICE ARRT DOZENS OF MEN AT A GAY PARTY

The Uned Natns Human Rights Council has lled on Indonian thori to release people taed on the basis of their sexual orientatn and bat anti-gay stigma the untry. In Febary, members of the Hoe of Reprentativ proposed a bill that would fe homosexualy as viant and require lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people to report to thori for rehabilatn. While reports about Indonian thori openly targetg the activi of gay cizens seem to have died down recently (wh the exceptn of Aceh, where two men were ned July for allegedly engagg same-sex relatns vlatn of the regn’s sharia-based laws), police the pal cy of Jakarta announced yterday that they raid a private home due to spicn that a “gay party” was takg place si, leadg to the arrt of four people on dg charg.

Homosexualy is not illegal Indonia (except Aceh), but recent years police have targeted members of the gay muny by nductg raids on gay clubs, spas and get togethers private venu. AdvertisementSKIP Syuflana/Associated PrsMay 22, 2017JAKARTA, Indonia — The police Indonia have arrted 141 men at a sna the pal on spicn of havg a gay sex party, the latt crackdown on homosexualy the the arrts Jakarta on Sunday night, the police released to lol news anizatns numero photographs of shirtls men who had been taed, alarmg rights activists who said iends and fai of the men may not have been aware of their sexual relatns are not illegal most of Indonia, a predomantly Mlim natn, though gay people are equent targets of police raids and vigilante actns. Siar police raids and arrts have been reported around the untry, cludg Jakarta November, when 13 men were taken to ctody after the police were tipped off about what was said to be a gay sex party.

Bee of strong social and relig taboos agast homosexualy much of Indonia, gathergs of gays often take place away om the public eye, like snas or at unrground parti. “It’s very difficult for to exprs our sexualy like heterosexuals, ” said Hartoyo, the director of Suara Ka, a gay rights advocy group, who go by one name.

JAKARTA POLICE RAID ‘GAY PARTY’ PRIVATE HOME, 4 ARRTED ON DG POSSSN CHARG

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 7 of the New York edn wh the headle: Police Arrt 141 Sna As Indonia Targets Gays.

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INDONIA POLICE ARRT 141 MEN ACCED OF HAVG GAY SEX PARTY

Prs nference for the arrt of a gay party Kungan Jakarta (Photo: Rizki AP / VOI).

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya kicked off a gay party at the Kungan Sue Apartment, South Jakarta.

Police arrted 56 people volved a gay party. Yri explaed that the 9 gay party anizers had their rpective duti. The disclosure of s of private gay parti was rried out unrver.

56 PEOPLE SECURED FROM GAY SEX PARTY IN KUNGAN SUE, 9 PEOPLE BEE SPECTS

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56 People Secured From Gay Sex Party In Kungan Sue, 9 People Bee Spects.

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