inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Police revealed a a gay sex party under the guise of birthday party at a four-star hotel in the Setiabudi, South Jakarta, on Sunday (5/25/2025) at 01.45 am.
Initially, the police received a report from the public who were concerned about LGBT activities at the hotel on Monday (5/19/2025) at 22.00 am.
From the results of the investigation, information was obtained that the room that had suspicious activity was not hotel room number 826, but hotel room number 824.
Room number 824 was monitored to have been accessed by 17 men who came alone, in pairs or fours since checking in at 15.00 pm.
"They booked room 824 (deluxe type) in the name of the perpetrator with the initials DRH alias K) for IDR 1,179,750 per day through the application," he said.
Then, the next day at 01.45 am, a raid was carried out on hotel room number 824 which found around nine men.
"Then the nine people along with evidence were directed to the Setiabudi Sub-regional Metro Police," he said.
The police have secured nine people from the case, namely DRH (33) as the perpetrator, and WG (36), AS (33), A (33), DH (25), PSJ (39), DJ (29), ED (39), AS (41) as witnesses.
For his actions, DRH was charged under Article 33 in conjunction with Article 7 of Law Number 44 of 2008 concerning Pornography with a criminal threat of imprisonment of at least two years and a maximum of 15 years and/or a fine of at least IDR 1 billion and IDR 7.5 billion.
Then, Article 296 of the Criminal Code with a maximum prison sentence of one year and four months or a maximum fine of IDR 15 thousand.
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