Suspect allegedly kills man for adding him to LGBT WhatsApp chat group


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JAKARTA: The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing Ali, 33, whose dead body was found in Waru alley in Cawang, East Jakarta, on Monday night, because he was angry at the victim for adding him to a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) WhatsApp chat group. 

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said the police had arrested Petrus Paulus Ualubun, 21, at his relative’s house in Cikarang, West Java, on Tuesday morning.

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