FILE PHOTO: A view of Indonesia's Parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 23, 2017. Picture taken November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that will penalise sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, officials have confirmed.
The legislative overhaul will also ban insulting the president or state institutions and expressing any views counter to Indonesia's state ideology. Cohabitation before marriage is also banned.
