JAKARTA: Indonesia's human rights commission on Tuesday condemned plans by a mayor to launch raids targeting the LGBT community in his city after a local man was convicted in Britain of sexually assaulting 48 men.in British legal history", Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga last month was convicted of 136 rapes against the men, whom he drugged, and given a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years.
"The raids increase the risk of persecution and other law-defying acts," the head of National Commission on Human Rights, Beka Ulung Hapsara, told Reuters.READ: Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga went unnoticed for more than 2 years in UK rapes of 190 men In the statement, Idris also said the town would establish a rehabilitative centre to assist"victims" in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Dede Oetomo, an Indonesian LGBT activist, said the community was braced for hysteria over the Sinaga case.A 22-year-old Indonesian student living in Depok, who identifies as bisexual and declined to be identified, slammed the move, saying it"violates private spaces" and was a waste of money.
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