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Indonesia correspondent Anne Barker in Jakarta

Under Indonesia's new criminal code, rights groups fear more women will be forced to marry their rapists to escape prosecution

Multiple women's rights groups say Indonesia's controversial new criminal code will make it even easier and more common for sexual assault victims to be forced into marrying their own rapists.

WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing.

The country's existing penal code – introduced more than a century ago during the Dutch colonial era – punishes adultery committed by married couples.

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