Indonesia’s new penal code takes effect
Millennium Post Delhi
|New Delhi 03January2026
Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major shift in its legal landscape.
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Since proclaiming independence in 1945, the Southeast Asian country had continued to operate under a colonial framework widely criticised as outdated and misaligned with Indonesia’ social values. Efforts to revise the code stalled for decades as lawmake
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