Wow. Actually using the military on your own citizens to enforce your religion and exorcise evil spirits from people you don't like. Wow.
[coconuts.co]

So instead of being arrested by the regular police, gay and transgender individuals in those cities are classified as a “social sickness” so that their Civil Service Police (Satpol PP) can detain those they “suspect” of being LGBT and hand them over to the Social Services Agency for bina (guidance).

In addition, [mayor] Mahyeldi reiterated previous statements about his government working with ulema (Islamic scholars) to exorcise LGBT individuals, due to the mystifying belief that it is a condition caused by jinn (genies or demons in Islamic mythology) inhabiting their bodies.

New Naratif has a great article on the subject in which they interview a gay man who endured one such ruqya (as well as many other “cures” ), which he described as involving being read verses from the Quran, being prayed over, getting pummelled, massaged, and bathed in holy water — “But it had no effect whatsoever,” the interviewee said.

At least the article does make it sound a little like the mayor is something of an extremist. Maybe he'll get reined in some. I'd hate to bet my society on that though.

We could find no other mention of the TNI assisting in Padang;s anti-LGBT operations besides previous statements made by Mahyeldi in November which he claimed that the military would help foster waria (transgender women).