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<\/p>\nIndonesia\u2019s West Java Police To Form Anti-Gay Task Force: Gays \u2018Will Not Be Accepted in Society\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
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Police in Indonesia\u2019s most populated providence of West Java on Tuesday announced plans to form\u00a0a task force to investigate LGBT activity, mere days after authorities in the Aceh\u00a0province publicly\u00a0caned two gay<\/a> men<\/a> 83 times for homosexuality, Reuters reports<\/a>. It was\u00a0the first time Aceh\u00a0officials have carried out such a punishment.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope there are no followers in West Java, no gay<\/a> or LGBT lifestyle or tradition,\u201d West Java police chief Anton Charliyan (pictured) said. \u201cIf there\u2019s anyone following it, they will face the law and heavy social sanctions. They will not be accepted in society.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, LGBT activists in Indonesia hit back at his comments.<\/p>\n \u201cPolice have a mandate to follow the law. They are not the morals police,\u201d said Yuli Rustinawati, chairperson of Arus Pelangi, an Indonesian LGBT activist organization.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Reuters reports that\u00a0Charliyan informed the media that the task force would include intelligence operatives and was especially interested in breaking up secret parties.<\/p>\n One such party was raided<\/a> just this past Sunday\u00a0in Jakarta\u2019s Atlantis Gym and Sauna, leading to 141 arrests. Police claim that the sauna hosted an underground sex<\/a> party known as \u201cThe Wild One.\u201d<\/p>\n The raid led to widespread protests by activists, who claim that the police intentionally embarrassed the men<\/a> by transporting\u00a0and then photographing them nude<\/a> before disseminating the photos on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cThe victims were stripped naked<\/a> and transported in public transportation,\u201d the statement, signed by 15 organizations, including the Community Legal Aid Institute, the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform and the LGBT rights group Arus Pelangi, said. \u201cThey were also naked<\/a> while facing [police] interrogation.\u201d<\/p>\n Jakarta police spokesman Prabowo Argo Yuwono said on\u00a0Monday night that only 10 out of the 141 arrested were charged with violating pornography laws.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first raid LGBT Indonesian\u2019s have fallen victim to, however.<\/p>\n On April 30, eight men<\/a> were arrested<\/a> for allegedly hosting a gay<\/a> party, the Star Online, reports<\/a>.\u00a014 men<\/a> were reportedly hosting the party in two hotel rooms in Indonesia\u2019s second-biggest city,\u00a0Surabaya. According to claims by\u00a0Shinto Silitonga, Surabaya police\u2019s head of detectives, some of the men<\/a> were watching gay<\/a> porn and\u00a0engaging in\u00a0\u201cdeviant sexual acts.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Indonesia\u2019s West Java Police To Form Anti-Gay Task Force: Gays \u2018Will Not Be Accepted in Society\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n