THE STAR – Indonesian police have denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University activist who died after being arrested on his honeymoon on the tourist island of Bali. Rodrigo Ventosilla, 32, from Peru was detained by customs police when he arrived with his new partner, also Peruvian, his family said in […]
JAKARTA Indonesian police on Thursday (Aug 25) denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who died after being arrested on his honeymoon on the tourist island of Bali. Rodrigo Ventosilla, 32, from Peru was detained by customs police when he arrived with his new husband, also Peruvian, his family said in a statement.
His family says he was arrested on trumped-up charges and became a victim of police brutality and transphobia. The prominent activist had traveled to Indonesia for his honeymoon.
A 32-year-old transgender Harvard student died earlier this month from alleged police misconduct while on a honeymoon in Indonesia, his family said. Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a Peruvian-born Kennedy School graduate student, …