Peru probes Bali death


PROSECUTORS have opened an investigation into the death of a Peruvian transgender man who died this month after being detained on the tourist island of Bali.

Peru’s Public Ministry said the probe by prosecutors who specialise in human rights would include an autopsy on Rodrigo Ventocilla, which had been demanded by LGBTQ activists amid allegations by the man’s family that he was tortured by Indonesian police.

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