Condoms and mobile phones were among the items confiscated by police as two Indonesian men were arrested for running an LGBTIQ+ Facebook page.
The arrests were made in Bandung, West Java, and mark Indonesia's "first case of criminalisation of homosexual hangouts on social media", according to .
The Facebook page in question is thought to have been setup to help members of the local LGBTIQ+ community arrange meet-ups.
“They connect and match-make people who want to make same-sex friendships,” the police’s special crimes deputy director, Adjutant Chief Commander Hari Brata said in a statement.
He added: “So far, we’re still developing.”
reported that the individuals were facilitating the organisation of various same-sex services and charged with breaking local electronic information law by creating and transmitting pornographic content, a crime that could see the men face six years' imprisonment.
