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Indonesia To Criminalize Sex Outside Marriage With Prison Term

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Indonesia might come up with a new law punishing criminalizing sex outside marriage with a prison term of up to one year. 

Politician Bambang Wuryanto, involved in the draft, said the law could be passed as latest as next week. Once the law is passed, it will be applicable to both the country’s citizens and foreigners alike. However, punishments would be given in cases in which the parties would file complaints with the authorities. 

For the offenders who are married, the person eligible for filing a complaint is the offender’s spouse. According to the law, parents of unmarried persons can also complain against them for having sex. The law bans two persons from living together without marriage and those punished for this would be awarded six-month imprisonment. 

People associated with businesses have shown dissatisfaction with the law which could destroy Indonesia’s image as a holiday destination. 

Shinta Widjaja Sukamdani, the deputy chairperson of Indonesia’s Employers’ Association (APINDO), said, “For the business sector, the implementation of this customary law shall create legal uncertainty and make investors reconsider investing in Indonesia.”

The previous code draught was scheduled to be adopted in 2019, but it sparked widespread protests that involved tens of thousands of participants.

The protestors included students who came out on the streets across Indonesia protesting majorly in the capital Jakarta. Police used tear gas and water cannon on the protestors who continued throwing stones at them.

There is precedent for such tight rules on sex and relationships in areas of Indonesia, which is primarily Muslim. 

The province of Aceh imposes strict Islamic law and has made gambling, drinking alcohol, and meeting members of the opposite sex punishable. 

In a case in 2021, neighbors criticized two men for having sex. They each received 77 whippings from a police officer in public. On the same day, a man and a woman were also given 20 floggings each for being found very close to each other while two men were punished the same way with 40 trashings each for being drunk. 

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