A Life Less Ordinary
Alterina Hofan’s marriage to Jane Deviyanti Hasipoespito, daughter of Bina Nusantara University’s CEO, has landed him in jail. He is accused of falsifying his gender status from female to male. He indeed possesses a document certifying a change in sex status.
May 12, 2010
BEING detained in prison has made it impossible for Alterina Hofan, 32, to take good care of his appearance. Last week when Tempo visited him at the Pondok Bambu Prison in East Jakarta, his moustache and beard were growing unkempt. “Usually I would shave my moustache every day but now I can’t,” he said. For security reasons, the penitentiary authorities forbid Alter—as he is called—from bringing shaving instruments.
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