"She's heartbroken, just like the rest of us, " said Michael Indri, the outgoing police director of the urban city.

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Lawmakers who ultimately vote on the draft are likely to adopt most of the revisions largely because they "lack a strong conceptual foundation concerning the direction of the reform, " Mr. Indri said.

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In writings by Mr. Barda about the drafting process and debates within the drafting team, one theme was the idea that Indonesian society should be religious in nature, and that religious norms should be allowed "to socially engineer people's behavior through this piece of legislation, " said Indri D.

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