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The Law is an `Outdated' Ass

Tuesday, April 3, 2001

An independence activist in Aceh has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for inciting hate against the government. In Jakarta, four students are tried on similar charges.

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Times have changed but the present government continues to apply a law that dates back to the colonial period, just as the Suharto regime did, to suppress opposition. Last week an independence activist in Aceh became yet another victim of Articles 106 and 155 of the Criminal Code known in Dutch as haatzai artikelen which provide for severe punishment for "sedition and incitement to hate." Mohammad Nazar missed being convicted under A

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