Five out of nine judges on the Constitutional Court in the capital Jakarta narrowly rejected the push to criminalize extramarital relations, including gay sex. Gay sex vigilantesSex is only illegal in Indonesia for both homosexual and heterosexual people if it involves a minor. However, gay sex is a crime in the conservative province of Aceh, which upholds sharia law, with those caught facing up to 100 strokes of a cane. This year, two men having sex were caught by a group of vigilantes who raided a boarding house in Aceh. In May, police arrested a group of men holding a party in two hotel rooms in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-biggest city.

Source: Manila Times December 14, 2017 10:41 UTC