Two Indonesian soldiers get seven months' jail for gay sex

Amnesty International has reported that at least 15 Indonesian soldiers and policemen have been fired or sued for being gay. - AFP

JAKARTA (AFP): Two Indonesian soldiers have been given a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which is banned by the nation's military as "inappropriate behaviour".

The soldiers, who joined the army last year and were based on the country's main island of Java, were also booted from the army, according to a military court ruling dated Nov 9.