Indonesia’s Criminalisation of Sex Outside of Marriage: A Threat to ‘Privacy’?

Commentary
Indonesian tourist organisations are concerned about the consequences of the unanimous adoption by the Indonesian House of Representatives of a new criminal code that outlaws premarital and extramarital sex and prohibits cohabitation before marriage.
The law provides for penalties of up to one year in jail for those who breach the law and is applicable to both Indonesian citizens and foreign tourists.
Putu Winastra, who chairs the Association of the Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies, told CNN: “From our point of view as tourism industry players, this law will be very troublesome.”
In addition, the new criminal code also criminalises insulting the president or vice-president, expressing views that dissent from the country’s national ideology, and promoting contraception….