Indonesia: New Law Banning Unmarried Sex May Affect Travelers

Jcml19 · Post by **Jcml19** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:11 am

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is poised to pass a new penal code that criminalizes consensual sex outside marriage and introduces stiff penalties for insulting the president’s dignity - a move rights groups criticized as an intrusive assault on basic freedoms......

Full release below:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indo ... SKBN1W32BV

This new law is going to suck.... There goes vacationing in indonesia. There are ao many issues with this potential law that it boggles the mind....

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:11 am

So where are all those randy young and old Muslim men going to go now.

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9Dtw ... YAfBI7fRw-

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9Dtw ... WZyepqo5s-

yongchi · Post by **yongchi** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:20 am

Thank you for reporting this.
IMO, consider changing the title as this is much more than a travel regulation.

“Under the proposed laws, unmarried couples who “live together as a husband and wife” could be jailed for six months or face a maximum fine of 10 million rupiah ($710), which is three months’ salary for many Indonesians.”

If I read this right and this really becomes law, this truly is mind boggling:

According to this article, 40% of Indonesian adolescents will have potential criminal prosecution hanging over their head.

And:
“The new laws will also apply to foreigners. However, asked whether tourists in Indonesia could face jail for extramarital sex, Taufiqulhadi said: “No problem, as long as people don’t know.”

But anyone going there with their gf/bf would in principle be subject to this.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:30 am

Another move towards fundamentalist Islam.
Wonder how it will affect tourists in Bali.

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:33 am

And the Saudi's still fund the madrassas to the tune of billions.
The first generation of these kids are now mid ranking officers of gov, bureaucracy, law, academia, the mosques, etc.
all through Indonesian society.
This swing is going to continue.

just ask the president, and the Saudi's..

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:06 am

And Iranian youth are being killed for protesting for more “western” type rights..... yet Iran is the bogeyman. Hmmmmm

ExPenhMan · Post by **ExPenhMan** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:56 am

And one more quote from the story, the law would, in effect, ban abortion and discourage contraception:

There would also be a maximum four-year prison term for women who have an abortion, applicable if there was no medical emergency or rape involved. The code further introduces fines for some people who promote contraception, and a six-month prison term for unauthorized discussion of “tools of abortion”.

So expect more little muslims.

armchairlawyer · Post by **armchairlawyer** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:01 am

In Malaysia this year with my Khmer lady, I was surprised to get some negativity when checking in - even at a 4* Western hotel in KL. The headscarved lady implied we should take separate rooms!

armchairlawyer · Post by **armchairlawyer** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:01 pm

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:30 am Wonder how it will affect tourists in Bali.

Yes, and they need the money. Their central bank reduced rates today by 25bps to 5.25% "as expected as ambitious 40% of GDP infrastructure spending plan needs help. Fiscal room is way too limited so monetary policy needs to step in to ease monetary conditions!" (from Trinh Nguyen's tweet of today).

jrjrjr · Post by **jrjrjr** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:32 pm

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:30 am Another move towards fundamentalist Islam.
Wonder how it will affect tourists in Bali.

yes, a really great country that jails people for 1g of weed also...

I wonder why people still travel there.

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