Indonesia’s Parliament passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike.
JAKARTA, Indonesia—
Hiariej said the government provided “the strictest possible explanation that distinguishes between insults and criticism.” The code would also preserve the death penalty within the criminal justice system despite calls from the National Commission on Human Rights and other groups to abolish capital punishment, as dozens of other countries have done.
A parliamentary task force finalized the bill in November and lawmakers unanimously approved it Tuesday in what Laoly praised as a “historic step.”
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