January 2020. The World’s worst rapist Reynhard Sinaga spent a decade partying in the UK funded by a “very rich” family in Indonesia who didn’t know he was gay and begged him to settle down and marry a woman. The depraved sex fiend drugged and assaulted up to 195 men at his flat near Manchester city centre’s gay village during a two-year reign of terror.
Greater Manchester Police have described the case as Britain’s biggest ever rape investigation and Sinaga’s conviction is believed to include the highest number of victims attacked by one man anywhere in the world. Sinaga targeted tipsy revellers as they poured out of nearby nightclubs then filmed himself raping his unconscious victims in the seedy lair on a makeshift bed. The 36-year-old PhD student blew his rich property tycoon dad’s money on partying as he enjoyed Manchester’s liberal and tolerant atmosphere to homosexuality. But his openly gay lifestyle was a world away from the strict Catholic upbringing he had in Indonesia where homosexuality is frowned upon and illegal in some states. His parents Saibun and Normawaty didn’t even know their son was gay and tried to pester him into getting married. A former friend said, “His relationship with his family wasn’t good.
“They found him odd even before he came out as gay. And he didn’t come out to them. “I think he liked to get people’s attention to compensate. “He used to say he was depressed because his parents tried to make him meet some girl from his country. “The relationship wasn’t good because they wanted him to marry and have a family. We used to tell him to cheer up because he could be himself in Manchester. “Everyone felt sorry for him not being able to be himself with his family. “He used to change his hair and clothes to go home and see them.”