Indonesian ‘punks’ get their heads shaved by police

A group of punkers during a punk music concert before being arrested by police in Banda Aceh. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

Dec. 14, 2011 12 AM PT

Police in Indonesia’s most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values.

Police shave the hair of detained Indonesian punks at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP/Getty Images)

An Indonesian police officer cuts the hair of a detained punk at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP/Getty Images)

Arrested punkers take a bath before they get moral education at a police school in the Lembah Seulawah, Aceh Besar, Indonesia. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

A group of detained Indonesian punks wash themselves in a lake after their hair was shaved off at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP/Getty Images)

Police watch punkers arrested in a raid against a punker’s community. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

Female punks wait for their hair to be cut by police. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

Punkers arrested in a raid against a punker’s community look from a cell. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

Police watch punkers arrested in a raid against a punker’s community. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

A police officer lectures a group of detained Indonesian punks at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP/Getty Images)