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JAKARTA (Reuters) - The first gay Indonesian policeman to sue the conservative country’s police force for wrongful dismissal due to sexual orientation was back in courts this week, determined to be reinstated.
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier who was fired in 2018, sit with his laywer Maruf Bajammal while hearing a witness Siswanto, a psycology lecturer from Soegijapranata University, during his trial at a court in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier was fired in 2018 after 10 years on the job, after police in a different town apprehended him and his partner on Valentine’s Day when they were saying goodbyes at his partner’s workplace.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - A gay Indonesian policeman dismissed from the force because of his sexual orientation has lost his legal fight to be reinstated, after a Central Java court rejected his lawsuit, his lawyers said on Thursday.
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier, was fired in 2018 after 10 years in the job, after police from a different town apprehended he and his partner on Valentine’s Day when they were saying their goodbyes at his partner’s workplace.
Teguh’s lawyers from the non-governmental group Community Legal Aid Institute in a statement said the local administrative court had rejected his suit.
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Jakarta, January 7
A gay Indonesian policeman dismissed from the force because of his sexual orientation has lost his legal fight to be reinstated, after a Central Java court rejected his lawsuit, his lawyers have said on Thursday.
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier, was fired in 2018 after 10 years in the job, after police from a different town apprehended he and his partner on Valentine’s Day when they were saying their goodbyes at his partner’s workplace.
Teguh’s lawyers from the non-governmental group Community Legal Aid Institute in a statement said the local administrative court had rejected his suit.