Indonesia has passed a new law that criminalises sex outside marriage with up to a year in jail - and it extends to tourists and foreign residents
Cohabitation will be punishable by six months’ jail, but charges must be based on police reports lodged by a spouse.Indonesia currently bans adultery but not pre-marital sex.
Maulana Yusran, deputy chief of Indonesia's tourism industry board, said the new code was "totally counter-productive" at a time when the economy and tourism were starting to recover from the pandemic. Taufik Basari, a legislator of the NasDem Party, said if a tourist visiting Bali, for instance, had consensual sex with an Indonesian national, and it was reported to police by the Indonesian’s parent or child, the tourist could be arrested.
“I know it will impact tourism, which is why we should explain to the public that reports to police should be limited to what the family feels is really important,” he said.
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