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Jakarta Police is currently looking for the person who spread a series of photo taken during mass arrests in Atlantis Gym and Sauna, which was allegedly used to hold sex parties for homosexuals, last weekend.
The photos showing the arrest of 141 men have been circulating in social media and chat app in the last few days, and somehow it was also followed by the circulation of the men's data or information.
Jakarta Police Spokesperson Sr. Commr. Argo Yuwono denied that if the photos were spread by the officersconductingthe raid, which were of North Jakarta and Kelapa Gading Police stations.
"It's still under investigation because many people are aware of what happened. We didn't know who took the picture first. The police never published it," said Argo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, yesterday.
During the raid, Argo added, many people gathered around the building. Police have tried to prevent them, so that people wouldn't approach the scene and take a picture. But apparently the effort failed to stop such thing from happening.
Previously, the Coalition for Violence Against Minorities and the National Commission on Human Rights condemned the raid.
Theyconsidered the police to have committed arbitrary acts, such as not letting them to put on decent clothing during the arrest while also distributing their picture without their consent.
(brl/red)
