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prilm 16, Online

The Aceh administration'€™s approval of the Qanun Hukum Acara Jinayat (criminal code procedure) bylaw authorizes sharia police in the province to detain any person suspected of violating sharia for a maximum of 20 days, if initial counseling of the offender proves ineffective.

'€œThis is in accordance with the bylaw, which stipulates that we have the authority to detain sharia offenders,'€ Aceh Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) and Wilayatul Hisbah (WH) sharia police law enforcement unit chief Samsuddin said on Tuesday.

Samsuddin said detention would be aimed at enabling the sharia police to conduct investigations into alleged offenses.

Your comments:

This is another good example where a cry for the rights of the individual has been transformed into tyranny and oppression. Aceh is slowly becoming a police state that runs counter to the principles of a democracy.

The existence of this state of affairs is a sign of the potential collapse and fragmentation of Indonesia. The concept of '€œfrom Sabang to Merauke'€ has been seriously eroded.

Jagera

In Indonesia, we say kurang kerjaan. Roughly translated, it means there'€™s not enough real work to do, so they make some silly stuff up to keep themselves busy.

Seriously, when the sharia police attack the haram ganja trade and the rampant corruption in authority, I and many others will begin to take them seriously. Until then, they are a tragic joke. I feel sorry for anyone unlucky enough to live there.

Deedee S

Those guys have very sick minds.

If religion means that a select group of men may force and threaten an entire population to live according to their rules, then those guys should find another teacher and read the holy book again.

Azwar Bareta

Adultery, smoking and drinking are not criminal acts in most countries and if the police arrested all the so-called offenders, there would be very few men left free.

Sheldon Archer