As you have hopefully heard, there is currently a petition for judicial review being heard by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court which, if passed, would criminalize all consensual sex, homosexual and heterosexual, that took place between any unmarried persons and make it punishable with up to 5 years in jail.

A reasonable question any rational human being would ask about that petition is, how would the government even begin to enforce such a law?

Well, here is your answer:

#BeritaIndonesia Begini Aksi Polwan saat Razia Pasangan Gay di Kamar Kos https://t.co/CCebFlmWFw Via @Info_Pariwara pic.twitter.com/5n7G6l4jIz — Info Pariwara (@Kanal_RI) August 23, 2016

That is a photo of police officers from Policewoman from Demak in Central Java raiding a kost (boarding house) in Kampung Stasiun Demak Kota on Tuesday, looking for “immoral activities”.

The police officers searched at least three boarding houses and found two men they suspected of being a same-sex couple inside one of the rooms.

The officers said that the boarders would not open the door for them so they were forced to ascertain what was going on inside the room by peeking through an opening above their door meant for ventilation.

Commissioner Shofiyatun of the Demak Police said the raid was conducted to look for signs of drug abuse or “disease-prone communities”.

“The results is we found a male couple in one of the dorm rooms. They were not boarders because it was a boarding house for women,” Shofiyatun was quoted as saying on Tuesday by Okezone.

He said the raids will continue as long as the public complained about illicit activities taking place.

And even though gay sex is not illegal in Indonesia (for the time being at least (except in Aceh of course)) the commissioner said the male couple would be charged with other misdemeanor crimes.

Should the Constitutional Court decide to criminalize all sex outside of marriage, as it is currently being petitioned to do, then prepare yourselves to see a lot more police peering through windows trying to see who you are having sex with.

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