The impact of the law, part of a sweeping overhaul of the criminal code, depends on how it would be implemented and enforced — a question that remains open.
The impact of the law depends in large part on how thoroughly it would be implemented and enforced — a question that remains open.
Under the new law, charges of adultery or cohabitation can only be brought by a spouse, parents or children, while insults against the president or vice president must be reported by the current holder of the office. A ministry official quoted by theSome activists found cause for relief when — after fierce debate — a provision that would have criminalized gay sex was removed from the new penal code, according to the AP.
“We deeply regret the government have closed their eyes,” the deputy chief of Indonesia’s tourism industry board, Maulana Yusran,. “We have already expressed our concern to the Ministry of Tourism about how harmful this law is.” He helped write Indonesia’s strict adultery laws. Then he had an affair and was publicly flogged 28 times.
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