Indonesia's penal code is set to be updated. A new Bill that their parliament is set to vote on will criminalize sex outside of marriage, including for tourists. Some other proposed criminal violations would be homelessness, LGBTQ partnerships, criticizing the President and Vice President.
How do you outlaw homelessness? I suppose they will arrest all homeless people and incarcerate them which would sort of solve the homeless situation but deprives people of freedom of movement. Just a rather draconian and barbaric way to deal with homelessness.
And the law to criminalize criticism of the President is a blatant authoritarian move. Sounds like the lese majeste law in Thailand.
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Bali is a tourist cash cow for Indonesia. If they outlaw relationships outside of marriage and force couples to show proof of marriage to be able to rent rooms, tourism is going to take a huge hit. I hope tourists boycott Bali en masse.
Unmarried tourists won’t even be allowed to get a hotel room unless they have a marriage certificate to prove their relationship. Those who do not have such documentation risk falling foul of local law. It will also open tourists to harassment from corrupt local police while on holiday.
https://www.cntraveller.in/story/unmarried-couples-sex-bali-get-jailed-year/
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Harsh criminal crackdown in Indonesia likened to Islamic law
Jakarta: Extra marital sex, homelessness, criticism of the President and spreading communist ideology would all be crimes - and attract jail time - under looming sweeping changes to Indonesia's penal code.
Other mooted changes include making it illegal for couples who aren't married to live together, showing contraception to a minor (for example, displaying condoms in a shop), curbing access to abortion and criminalising criticism of a judge, fake news, bestiality and black magic.
They want President Joko Widodo to intervene and block passage of the bill if it wins parliamentary support, as appears likely.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/h...a-likened-to-islamic-law-20190910-p52pxs.html