Category: Legal

Govt making serious efforts to handle early marriage: Minister

The government is making serious efforts to handle the early marriage issue in Indonesia, according to Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga.”We are being very serious about it. This is really dangerous,” she sai…

Penajam North Paser: Komnas Perempuan probing obscene video

The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is investigating a case of alleged electronic-based immoral acts involving a woman, FA, and a higher-up at the Penajam North Paser House of Representatives in Central Kalimantan.”It’s…

Govt apprises US, domestic business actors of new Criminal Code

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly disseminated information about the new Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) to the American-Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (AICC) to clear any misunderstandings about it.The new Criminal Code was passed…

New Criminal Code will not harm public interest: Minister Laoly

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly emphasized that implementation of the new Criminal Code (KUHP) would not harm public interest, particularly those relevant to the tourism industry.”(This is) especially for the business sector, …