Indonesian parliament approves legislation to outlaw extra-marital sex

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 06, 2022 1:05 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament approved Tuesday legislation that would outlaw pre-marital sex while making other sweeping changes to the criminal code — a move critics deemed as a setback to the country's freedoms.

After the controversial new criminal code received the majority of votes from lawmakers during the plenary session, deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad banged the gavel to signal the text was approved and shouted 'legal.'

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