Police have confirmed that five thugs burned a transgender woman alive in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The group attacked a 42-year-old woman named Mira in Cilincing, which is an historic district in the north of Jakarta.
The attack happened on Saturday (4 April) and Mira died in hospital the next day. Yuni is a 48-year-old activist at transgender advocacy group Yayasan Srikandi Sejati and one of Mira’s friends.