Deputy Governor Of DKI Says Sanctions Await Wow Cafe, Which Becomes The Location Of A Gay Party

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria/1ST

JAKARTA - The Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta said that the DKI Provincial Government would impose sanctions on the Wow Cafe, Kalibata, South Jakarta which was used as the location of a gay party.

However, Riza has not mentioned the sanctions that will be given by the DKI Provincial Government through the DKI Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Disparekraf) against the cafe.

"All activities that violate that there are sanctions, yes," said Riza at DKI City Hall, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, December 8.

For information, viral on social media is a video showing a group of teenage boys wearing tank tops and minisets performing graceful dances like a woman.

Their action was watched by dozens of cafe visitors who crowded and cheered. This video went viral on social media and received a lot of criticism from the public for considering the actions of the teenagers as a gay party.

Then, a group of people on behalf of the residents of Kalibata last night stumbled upon the Wow Cafe. They wanted to meet with management and clarify the video.

Muhammad Amin, one of the representatives of the residents who visited the Wow Cafe last night, said that his party had heard several reports about the existence of an LGBT party. However, at that time Amin said his party did not want to move because there was no evidence.

Andri, the owner and management of the Wow Cafe, said that his party felt cheated regarding the LGBT party that took place at his cafe.

"I received this incident yesterday at 08.00 from one of our employees from WA. I was very surprised, yes, it was embarrassing, and it tarnished our business," Andri told reporters, Monday, December 6, evening.

Andri said his party was against such behavior being held in his cafe. He promised that the management would be stricter in screening guests who visited the Wow Cafe so that similar incidents would not be repeated.

"We are committed to improving, we are Wow cafe against LGBT, we will tighten guests who come so that yesterday's incident doesn't happen again," he said.