JAKARTA: Indonesian police have detained 58 men including several foreigners in a raid on a gay sauna, an official said Saturday, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. “We secured 51 and seven employees for allegedly providing pornographic services,” Jakarta Police spokesman Argo Yuwono said in a statement. Six foreigners were among those detained, including four men from China, one from Thailand and one from Holland. Friday’s raid comes at a time of growing hostility towards Indonesia’s small lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. “This is part of the ongoing anti-LGBT campaign in Indonesia that has been going on since January last year,” he told AFP.

Source: New Strait Times October 07, 2017 14:03 UTC