ndonesia’s parliament passed long-awaited amendments to its colonial-era criminal code on Tuesday. Authorities have pushed for more than half a century to modify the country’s existing penal code, which Indonesia inherited from its former Dutch administration when it gained independence in 1949.
Since then, legislators revived the bill in much the same form, though they watered down some of the draft code’s statutes that many had deemed particularly problematic. The amended penal code includes exceptions to its ban on abortion, which is punishable by up to four years in prison, in cases of rape or life-threatening medical issues so long as the procedure happens within 14 weeks of pregnancy.
In the amended code, sex with someone who is not your spouse is punishable by up to a year in prison, while living together with someone who is not your spouse can lead to a six-month jail term. The code maintains that violators will only be prosecuted if their spouses—or in the case of unmarried individuals, their parents or children—lodge the complaints.
“What will happen in the future is that those kinds of articles will only be applied to people who don’t have access and who don’t have enough money to actually bribe the police,” Bivitri says. “So politicians and rich people, for example, they can easily go around the regulations.”
At least there are some people in Indonesia with brains, unlike politicians in the USA.
LoL, at least this new criminal code is sexy enough for the western mainstream media to pay attention to. Sadly that sex part is deliberately included as bargain to cover many other problematic articles. Pray that someone or something can fix this thing up. KUHP
there are cameras in the hotel hallways and pools
Right!
Not my country not my problem
That's great! 👏👏👏👏
In USA sex will be illegal after marriage
What a breach of human right at the National level. Shame on you
just like a Thai king
You are going to jail, you are going to jail. The jails are overcrowded. Therefore, you are paying a bribe, you are taking a bribe! This is a new revenue stream!
...we don't have camera at this motel.... what about guest name ...uhm someone stolen our registers book....can we check each room...No you can't...come back in the morning with a court warrant.
Police the Penis
A direct effect to properly prosecute many white males from the US and UK who visit Indonesia purely for one reason: to rape children.
QOP is taking notes.
Atlast TIME magazine reacting for a good cause.
Soon be like Iran then.
First sentence 👍🏻👍🏻 Second 🤬
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Indonesia is full-blown republican.
Well thanks no.
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