The parliamentary committee drawing up recommendations to change the Dutch colonial-era criminal code has still to finalise its proposals. But a draft, seen by Reuters on Monday, included measures to criminalise extramarital sex, same-sex relations, and co-habitation, all of which were previously unregulated by law. Parliament has debated revisions to the criminal code, including regulations on corruption, sex and alcohol, for many years. "The draft law will create new discriminatory offences that do not exist in the current criminal code. "In legal terms, religious terms and ethical terms, we cannot have that in our country," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post January 29, 2018 11:26 UTC