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I'm not really familiar with Stallman, beyond knowing he wrote some software and has opinions on software freedoms.

What is implied in "trips to indonesia" and why would this be interesting news?

I'm pretty sure he's suggesting that sex tourism is the reason RS visits/has visited Indonesia.

Which is weird because Indonesia is not known for sex tourism. Westerners do not come to Indonesia for sex as there are other sex tourism friendly countries out there. Middle-easterners might come to Indonesia for sex by exploiting a legal loophole (contract marriages), but it's a very minor operation compared to other more legitimate tourism activities. It is a major source of sex trafficking though.

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