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How Indonesia's new sex laws will affect tourists
CNN ^ | 7th December 2022 | Heather Chen and Masrur Jamaluddin

Posted on 12/09/2022 9:45:20 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia's battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery.

But this week, controversial new laws were passed in parliament that ban cohabitation and sex outside marriage. The laws will apply not just to residents but also to foreign expats and tourists in the country -- raising concerns from experts.

Although the changes are not expected to kick in for at least another three years, industry players tell CNN that the new criminal code could put foreigners off visiting and hurt the country's global reputation, starving it of vital tourism revenues.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: MinorityRepublican

Everything comes down to sex for these people. They want to go to foreign countries and still engage in any depraved act they want despite local customs


21 posted on 12/10/2022 4:28:30 AM PST by C19fan
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does cohabitation include sharing a hotel room with a girlfriend or coworker even if there is no sex?


22 posted on 12/10/2022 4:36:50 AM PST by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The laws will apply not just to residents but also to foreign expats and tourists in the country -- raising concerns from experts.

"Experts."

I wonder how one qualifies to be an "expert" in the effects of legally-enforced Muslim morality on hedonism-based tourism in third world countries.

23 posted on 12/10/2022 4:48:25 AM PST by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: piytar

The source articles do not make it clear whether tourists in a room would be treated as “cohabiting” in the same way an unmarried Indonesian couple sharing a residence would be.


24 posted on 12/10/2022 4:52:07 AM PST by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Abelard and Heloise would heartily agree.


25 posted on 12/10/2022 6:27:52 AM PST by grey_whiskers ( (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.))
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To: Gay State Conservative

—”And “trafficker” is defined as being in possession of more than “X” grams of certain drugs. They’ll hang you if you’re a local...a Brit...an Aussie...or an American.”

And the problem is?


26 posted on 12/10/2022 6:33:41 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: Tax-chick

—”I wonder how one qualifies to be an “expert” in the effects of legally-enforced Muslim morality on hedonism-based tourism in third world countries.”

Guessing there are more than a few Ph.D. students, researching away here in the US on that topic.


27 posted on 12/10/2022 6:38:48 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: MinorityRepublican

There’s a reason that Indonesia will be around in 50 years, while the West, as we know it, will not be, and this article points right to that reason.


28 posted on 12/10/2022 7:40:36 AM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 14 degrees, burrrrr!)
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To: metmom

Indonesia is 87% Muslim.

It was only a matter of time before they became serious about Sharia law.


29 posted on 12/10/2022 7:44:14 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Third world hell hole.


30 posted on 12/10/2022 7:56:33 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Ex-Con777

Well, they allow alcohol on the beaches now. Just no glass. Besides, everyone has a binocular flask anyways.


31 posted on 12/10/2022 8:04:23 AM PST by BipolarBob (The party never stops until someone calls the cops.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Guessing there are more than a few Ph.D. students, researching away here in the US on that topic.”

The obvious learning experience would be living in a country with both resort tourism and Sharia law.


32 posted on 12/10/2022 9:08:02 AM PST by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
It was only a matter of time before they became serious about Sharia law.

They were lax about it. But no more. This will destroy the tourist industry in Bali. Westerners will flock to Thailand instead.

33 posted on 12/10/2022 10:38:26 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Gay State Conservative

No, they don’t hang you. They execute you by firing squad on a small island just south of Java. Execution by hanging is done in Malaysia and in Singapore.


34 posted on 12/10/2022 7:28:50 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: piytar

It is in Dubai.See Post #19


35 posted on 12/10/2022 7:36:54 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Indonesia,like Singapore,hangs drug “traffickers”. And “trafficker” is defined as being in possession of more than “X” grams of certain drugs. >>>>>>>

Yes, but the police are eminently bribe-able, giving rise to an anti commercial sex move by the fundamentalist Muslim wing of government.

They do not want foreigners dinging their women .


36 posted on 12/11/2022 3:32:45 AM PST by Candor7
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