In conservative Indonesia, a gay ex-policeman takes his battle to court

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

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 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.