heywoodu 13,499 Posted September 19, 2019 #3461 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) Just now, Griff88 said: Two big news from Indonesia: 1. Our Sports Minister is charged with bribery, he has now stepped down (after congratulating sambo athletes earlier that day) 2. The parliament is preparing a bill to revise the criminal code (current version is inherited from the 1918 Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsch-Indie) which includes new "interesting" articles such as: In addition of the ban on spreading communism and Marxism, spreading atheist and agnostic views or inciting people to stop believing religions are now punishable (4 years in prison) Any form of abortion is now punishable (the new article said that "asking/giving consent for abortion" is punishable thus conflicting with the legal exception for health reasons or rape victims) Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials) Cohabitating is now punishable if someone reports you Minimum prison sentence for corruption is now only 2 years (instead of 4) Anti defamation law has been modified, which made it possible for journalists to be jailed because the subject did not like their article or felt attacked by it. Looks like I have to make a long-term plan to live somewhere else Holy crap, when changing the minimum prison sentence for corruption from 4 to 2 years is by far the least bad of a given set of changes, you know the changes are truly godawfully sucking big time Edited September 19, 2019 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted September 19, 2019 #3462 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Quote Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials) Especially this one is just truly shocking. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,729 Posted September 19, 2019 #3463 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, heywoodu said: Especially this one is just truly shocking. Maybe Indonesia want to surpass Chinese population l We only have 5 days before the plenary session starts, hoping the president veto it or the constitutional court repeal it if it managed to pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,127 Posted September 19, 2019 #3464 Share Posted September 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Griff88 said: Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted September 19, 2019 #3465 Share Posted September 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Griff88 said: Two big news from Indonesia: 1. Our Sports Minister is charged with bribery, he has now stepped down (after congratulating sambo athletes earlier that day) 2. The parliament is preparing a bill to revise the criminal code (current version is inherited from the 1918 Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsch-Indie) which includes new "interesting" articles such as: In addition of the ban on spreading communism and Marxism, spreading atheist and agnostic views or inciting people to stop believing religions are now punishable (4 years in prison) Any form of abortion is now punishable (the new article said that "asking/giving consent for abortion" is punishable thus conflicting with the legal exception for health reasons or rape victims) Performing black magic is now punishable for 3 years in prison, bonus 1 year if the damage is financial Showing, advertising, or offering contraceptives to children is now punishable by law (except for certified officials) Cohabitating is now punishable if someone reports you Minimum prison sentence for corruption is now only 2 years (instead of 4) Anti defamation law has been modified, which made it possible for journalists to be jailed because the subject did not like their article or felt attacked by it. Looks like I have to make a long-term plan to live somewhere else Let’s move to Australia or Canada together . We can both flee our dystopian countries. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted September 19, 2019 #3466 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, hckosice said: Honestly black magic should carry at least a 5 year sentence. Also, people who believe black magic is possible should be sentenced to 15 years “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted September 19, 2019 #3467 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, Olympian1010 said: Honestly black magic should carry at least a 5 year sentence. Also, people who believe black magic is possible should be sentenced to 15 years Didn't Egypt have rules about not allowing the use of ghosts in football matches or something? @thepharoah thepharoah 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted September 19, 2019 #3468 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, heywoodu said: Didn't Egypt have rules about not allowing the use of ghosts in football matches or something? @thepharoah I think California’s weirdest “law” was when we had the referendum on wether porn “actors” should wear condoms konig 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted September 19, 2019 #3469 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, Olympian1010 said: I think California’s weirdest “law” was when we had the referendum on wether porn “actors” should wear condoms Which they should. konig 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,729 Posted September 19, 2019 #3470 Share Posted September 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: Honestly black magic should carry at least a 5 year sentence. Also, people who believe black magic is possible should be sentenced to 15 years That's basically asking more than half of the population to go to jail... But yeah my country folks are really fond of these stuff. We have the popular saying "rejected love means it's time for the shaman". There are cases our migrant workers in Saudi are sentenced to death with charge of sorcery ranging from wearing certain things (accused amulet) to adding their own urine to their employer's tea to make him complain less konig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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