Foreign Visitors won t be Prosecuted for Cohabitation, Adultery: Justice Ministry

Submit image: Foreign tourists check out the Borobudur Temple resort location in Magelang, Central Java, on January 29,2020 (Antara photo)

Jakarta. Foreign visitors aren t most likely to be prosecuted under the cohabitation and extramarital sex short articles of the newly-enacted Crook Code, a Justice Ministry official stated on Monday.

The Crook Code brings a sentence of one year in prison for sexual relationships outside of marital relationship and 6 months’ imprisonment for cohabitation.

However, those offenses can not be prosecuted without a complaint from members of the extended family, according to Edward Hiariej, a deputy for the justice minister.

Edward stated those short articles are adopted in the Indonesian method to ensure the observance of the nation s worths and customs without the intention to criminalize visitors.

[Foreign] tourists can not be charged with these articles, Edward told a press conference.

He explained that when a single couple concerns Indonesia for a vacation, only instant family members such as the parents or their children can make a complaint. To do so, they must come to Indonesia.

A similar requirement applies to the post on extramarital sex which requires a complaint from member of the family such as the partner or the children.

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The offense-by-request technique is called delik aduan in the Indonesian legal terms and is indicated to defend the privacy of citizens.

You can picture if we put on t embrace these short articles, authorities in particular locations will perform raids [against adultery and cohabitation] and search everyone including foreign tourists. However these short articles restrict such actions due to the fact that it needs a complaint [for adultery to become a criminal offense], Edward said.

He stated foreign visitors shouldn t worry about pertaining to Indonesia because of the new Crook Code.

There s no way you will be charged with these short articles since it s an offense by request of the parents or kids, Edward said.

The Bad Guy Code, which looks for to replace the century-old justice system adopted given that the Dutch colonial period, will come into force in 2025 after a three-year dissemination period.