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.
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.
What are your thoughts?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63869078The goal is to stop sex trafficking in the country. Report say 43% of trafficking victims are aged 14-17. Some experts even claim that the number of trafficking going on in the country is worst than it is reported. Right now I feel they're going extreme.
Banning premarital sex or outside marriage sex won't stop sex trafficking. People, more especially governments need to understand that you can't take people's right away just because some people abuse it and use it to commit crimes.