“Before the new criminal code, it was already bad. People can be searched even in their private residences. Although it was not systematic, but it can happen,” Oetomo said.
Homosexuality is not illegal in the Southeast Asian nation — except in the police, military and in Islamic law-abiding Aceh province — but rights groups say the legislative changes pose an inherent risk to LGBTQ people. Sex outside marriage could only be reported by a spouse, parents or children, drastically limiting the scope of the amendment, he said.
Last month, two Indonesian soldiers were given a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which the military deems “inappropriate behavior”.
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