Indonesia’s new penal code: more than unsexy time + other top stories | WTF SEA + HK | December 8, 2022

WTF is Up in Southeast Asia + Hong Kong

The Indonesian parliament quietly passed a bill to revise its colonial-era penal code, with much of the media attention turned to all but one provision: outlawing sex between non-spouses. Coconuts Regional Managing Editor Andra Nasrie gives us the lowdown on what that’s really about, and why people ought to pay attention to other parts of the bill aside from policing sexy time. Tune in!

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