Claim

Claim 933

Article 153 bis and ter of the Penal Code restricted any movement and discourse that colonial authorities judged might cause public insecurity.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Article 153 bis and ter of the Penal Code restricted any movement and discourse that colonial authorities judged might cause public insecurity.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Article 153 bis and ter restricted threatening discourse
About: incident 1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis
Source: Nobuto Yamamoto, Print Power and Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1914-1942 (Cornell University dissertation)
Publisher: Nobuto Yamamoto, Print Power and Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1914-1942 (Cornell University dissertation)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2011

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153 bis and ter restricted any movement and discourse that might cause public insecurity.