Allegedly A Nest For LGBTs With Intimate Relations, East Jakarta City Government Permanently Closes Forest Doors For UKI City

Officers closed the illegal doors of the UKI Forest/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio

JAKARTA - Access to illegal entrances on the forest fence of the City of UKI, East Jakarta is permanently closed using iron trellis by the East Jakarta City Parks and Forests Sub-dept. assisted by Satpol PP. "We will repair the fence that was broken. We will re- weld it," East Jakarta Satpol PP officer Charles told reporters, Thursday, July 27. Permanent closure in order to anticipate LGBT perpetrators entering the UKI City Forest Area at night. "Today we check the location where there was damage on the fence. We check whether there is a human gap that can enter. There are three damaged fences," he said. In addition, Satpol PP also regulates a number of huts and carts inside the forest area of UKI City, East Jakarta.

The lack of supervision by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government on Green Open Spaces to City Forests is often abused by criminals and is often misused for immoral acts, be it different types to same-sex couples (LGBT). As happened in the Forests of the City of UKI, East Jakarta, under the auspices of the East Jakarta Parks and Forests. According to the information gathered, in the Forests of the City of UKI, this is often used as a place for prostitution of similar couples. The darkness of the UKI City Forest area is allegedly a gathering place for criminals and immoral acts. The lack of public street lighting (PJU) makes this area heavily abused by an unknown number of people (OTK) at night. From VOI's monitoring at the location on Wednesday, July 26 afternoon, it was seen that the forest area of UKI City was very quiet and dim because it was covered by tree piles. A lot of dry leaves scattered in the forest area of UKI City, East Jakarta. On the sidelines of piles of leaves - dry leaves, it turns out that there are also many used counter-conception (condom) tools scattered inside the forest area of UKI City. It is suspected that a number of condoms were allegedly used by the perpetrators to commit sexual relations inside the UKI City Forest area.