The Ugly Side of the Anti-Prostitution Bylaw
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Tangerang town has implemented a law banning prostitution. Apart from being discriminatory and open to multiple interpretations, it also contradicts the Criminal Code.
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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
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