Indonesia Updates Criminal Code to Ban Communist Propaganda

Indonesia Updates Criminal Code to Ban Communist Propaganda
The Chinese-funded Celukan Bawang 2 power plant in Singaraja on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Oct. 29, 2020. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP via Getty Images
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Indonesia has approved a new criminal code that includes a provision to ban communist and Marxist-Leninist propaganda, a move seen by experts as part of a general trend of global rejection of the Chinese communist regime.

The provision, passed on Dec. 6, stipulates that those who propagate communism and Marxism-Leninism can be sentenced to four to 15 years in prison.

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