Ending Equivocation

The Constitutional Court has removed the phrase "offensive actions" from the Criminal Code. It is time to rid Indonesia of anti-democratic articles.

January 28, 2014

As a legacy of the colonial era, the "offensive actions" article should have been expunged from the Criminal Code (KUHP) a long time ago. For decades, the wording of Article 335 has been vulnerable to interpretation according to the wishes of the law enforcement authorities. The regulation does not include an explanation of when an act can legally be categorized as 'offensive'. Several experts have called this a 'trashcan' article, meaning it can be re

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