Indonesia’s long-awaited new Criminal Code, which has come under fire for its bans on pre-marital sex and insults to the ...

he new Criminal Code (KUHP), which will make crimes of premarital sex and insulting the state when it takes effect on Jan. 2, will need public oversight to help prevent abuse of the law, a minister ...

Observers say the new Criminal Code and revised Criminal Procedure Code entrench provisions that undermine democracy.

Indonesia enforced its new penal code on Friday, according to local media, replacing colonial-era laws that had governed the country for over a century. Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human ...

The Law Ministry stated that individuals who study communism, Marxism, Leninism, or other ideologies will not be subject to ...