Indonesia's legislative arm has passed a new law that criminalizes sex before or outside marriage. People convicted of extramarital sex could face as much as one year in prison.
This law would also affect foreigners and tourists that came to visit the country. Some citizens of the country are protesting against this law. While others are seeing it as a welcome development.
The law is aimed at Indonesian citizens and not foreigners or tourists visiting Indonesia. Moreover, foreigners or tourists who visit Indonesia are not to have free sex or the like because they can do this in their own country. But they are visiting Indonesia for other things such as business or the like and they must also know that in Indonesia it is not permissible to have sex in public even though they are married. So the law does not burden foreigners or tourists who enter Indonesia because they only protect themselves from having sex in public.
Business owners in the country are lamenting that this law can discourage tourists from visiting the country which would affect their businesses negatively. I am also perceiving that this policy might also scare investors from investing in Indonesia. But some religious business owners are of the view that this policy would attract business to the country from other religious or conservative nations or investors.
It's precisely strange for me if they are afraid to visit Indonesia just because there is a law about it. Because I don't think that those who visit Indonesia are just to have free sex, but they are going to Indonesia to see business and investment opportunities that can be very promising and have nothing to do with sex or anything like that. So there is no need to be afraid of this very simple law.
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