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JAKARTA, Jan 14 — Indonesia's human rights commission today 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. Described by a prosecutor as “the most prolific rapist in British legal...

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Described by a prosecutor as “the most prolific rapist 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.

The Sinaga case has received widespread coverage in Indonesia and left many in the already vulnerable LGBT community feeling even more under fire.

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