Officials: Unmarried couples holidaying in Indonesia are not in peril


JAKARTA, Dec 12 (dpa): Visitors holidaying in Indonesia do not need to worry about possible criminal complaints concerning sex outside marriage or cohabitation between unmarried couples as stipulated in the country's newly revised criminal code, a government official said on Monday.

The Indonesian parliament last week unanimously passed a new criminal code that includes provisions stipulating sex outside of marriage is punishable by one year in prison and couples who live together out of wedlock could face six months in prison.

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