Indonesia’s new criminal code, recently enacted, avoids overt state intrusion into private life but raises concerns about potential legal risks surrounding personal intimacy. Critics argue that the law could effectively bring courtrooms into private spaces, as its complaint-based system allows family members to initiate legal action, potentially turning homes into battlegrounds of public morality.

Analysts warn that this approach may subject individuals to pressures from both their families and public scrutiny, with enforcement driven more by relatives than by the state itself. This shift has sparked debates over civil rights, free speech, and the balance between moral values and personal freedoms in Indonesia.