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        "msgid": "vp-supports-bans-against-witchcraft-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-10-06 00:00:00",
        "title": "VP supports bans against witchcraft",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "summary": "VP supports bans against witchcraft JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz said on Saturday he supported a plan to revise the Criminal Code to allow for a ban against sorcery. \"It will prevent anarchy among people,\" he told reporters during a visit to Bogor Palace. Hamzah said that witchcraft was a common practice among Indonesians, therefore a rule to regulate it was mandatory. He admitted, however, that it would not be easy to provide evidence to prove charges involving sorcery in court.",
        "content": "<p>VP supports bans against witchcraft<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz said on Saturday he<br>\nsupported a plan to revise the Criminal Code to allow for a ban<br>\nagainst sorcery.<\/p>\n<p>\"It will prevent anarchy among people,\" he told reporters<br>\nduring a visit to Bogor Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Hamzah said that witchcraft was a common practice among<br>\nIndonesians, therefore a rule to regulate it was mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted, however, that it would not be easy to provide<br>\nevidence to prove charges involving sorcery in court.<\/p>\n<p>The draft of the revision to the Criminal Code has sparked<br>\ncontroversy for clauses that criminalize private sexual matters<br>\nand witchcraft.<\/p>\n<p>The government has planned to amend the current Criminal Code<br>\nsince the 1980s, which is a legacy of the Dutch, who occupied<br>\nIndonesia for 350 years until it gained independence in 1945.<\/p>\n<p>The government said that the revision would include the<br>\naddition of new articles to cope with the complexity of<br>\nIndonesian society.  -- Antara<\/p>",
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