Related: Indonesia mayor uses UK serial rape case to harass LGBTQ communitySafriadi, head of the local police department, told CNN Indonesia that the police have also opened an investigation to root out other members of the LGBTQ community, and have begun interrogating the men to learn names of other friends and sexual partners.“From the initial examination they have admitted to having homosexual relations,” Safriadi told CNN. “This is what we are exploring.
There may be a [gay community].”Law in Aceh prescribes up to 100 lashes with a cane for violation of anti-gay sex laws. For the uninformed, the process involves taking a prisoner to a public area and whacking him in the back with a bamboo cane.