Article 66DQH Indonesia set to make sex outside marriage punishable by jail

Indonesia set to make sex outside marriage punishable by jail

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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
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MPs expected to pass new criminal code that will also make insulting the president a crime

Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that would criminalise sex outside marriage and outlaw insults against the president or state institutions, prompting alarm from human rights campaigners.

The deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, said in an interview with Reuters that the new criminal code was expected to be passed on 15 December. We're proud to have a criminal code that's in line with Indonesian values," he said.

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