Several members of the Tangerang Town Council have indicated that Bylaw (Perda) No. 8/2005 on the Banning of Prostitution should be revised. One of them even burst out that anything can be changed except for the holy texts. But this magazine recommends a more radical solution: the regulation that came into force on November 23 last year must be revoked or declared null and void.

In principle, this bylaw is a mistake. The substance and judicial proc