Indonesian Lawmakers Consider Stricter Laws Against Sexy Black Magic
LatestEarlier this week, we found out that Indonesia would finally be doing something about all the out-of-wedlock sex and black magic that its citizens are enjoying, probably simultaneously, since a proper, married household hardly seems like the place for the occult. A new criminal code currently making the legislative rounds would ban, among other things, sex between unmarried people, black magic, and (wait for it) criticizing the government too harshly for wasting time writing laws about black magic.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the new 202-page criminal code signals a shift in a far more restrictive direction for the already conservative Muslim country. Religious conservatives in Indonesia are gaining influence, despite the country’s reputation as a relatively (and we’re using that word pretty liberally) accepting society. Including the more risible bans on sex between unmarried people and black magic (both of which are legal under the current law code), the new code would also make wiretapping — of the sort used in independent anticorruption investigations targeting lawmakers — far more difficult.