Indonesia set to ban sex outside marriage and prohibit unmarried couples living together

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Indonesia set to ban sex outside marriage and prohibit unmarried couples living togetherIndonesia is set to overhaul its criminal code, making sex outside of marriage punishable with up to one year in jail - a move critics say could curb freedoms and police morality.Monday 5 December 2022 17:38, UKIndonesia is on the cusp of ratifying sweeping changes to its criminal code that would criminalise extramarital sex and prohibit unmarried couples from living together.As well as criminalising adultery, the revised code would ban unmarried couples from living together.The government's duty is not as an umpire between conservative and liberal Indonesia," said Bivitri Susanti, a law expert from the Indonesia Jentera School of Law.Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, and Bambang Wuryanto, head of the parliamentary commission overseeing the revision, told Reuters that parliament would hold a plenary session on Tuesday to ratify the new code."

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