Padang – State Prosecutor Zulkardiman demanded that two alleged striptease dancers, SS and NA, receive 18 months in prison on Thursday.

In the indictment read at the Padang High Court, the prosecutor said the suspects violated the law on pornography for dancing nude at Fellas Cafe and Restaurant in September 2011.

During the reading of the indictment, the two suspects, who both wore veils at trial, were not accompanied by their attorneys.

Throughout the trial, the judge also questioned several witnesses, including the Head of the Police Force of Padang, Yadrison, and the owner of Fellas Cafe and Restaurant, Hari, and a number of his staff.

The suspects claimed they were forced to take nude pictures by one of the members of the police force in the cafe before they were arrested. The owner of the restaurant said his cafe has never been a place for nude dancing.

The two suspects were arrested by police on Sept. 26, 2011 and were later freed. However, on Oct. 15, 2011 they were attested by police.