Produsen minuman beralkohol terkejut, waktu pemerintah Indonesia melarang penjualan minuman beralkohol di minimarket dan kios di awal 2015 dalam upaya untuk "melindungi moral dan budaya masyarakat Indonesia". Meskipun minuman beralkohol masih diperbolehkan untuk dijual di supermarket, restoran, kafe dan hotel, penjualan bir menurun karena minuman tersebut dilarang di (diperkirakan) 70.000 minimarket yang telah menjadi tempat belanja yang sangat populer di daerah perkotaan di Indonesia.

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After having banned the sale of alcoholic drinks in minimarkets, Indonesia may see the birth of another law concerning alcohol. Several secular and Islamic political parties seem to back a bill prohibiting the sale, production, distribution and consumption of drinks that contain over 1 percent alcohol. This bill is among the 37 so-called priority bills expected to be passed this year. Although the new bill had been first proposed in 2012 by two Islamic parties - National Development Party (PPP) and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) - it had laid on the shelf.

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