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Ezra Sihite & Michael Sianipar – Asked to define pornography, an American Supreme Court justice once famously said: "I know it when I see it." The way Religious Affairs Minister Sur

Ezra Sihite – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Pramono Anung has criticized proposals to ban short skirts in Indonesia, saying the state had more important things to do.

Ezra Sihite – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says he is considering a regulation that women's skirts should pass their knees as a follow-up to the recent establishment of th

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Erwida Maulia – A proposed law regulating the length of women's skirts was blasted by the head of the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) on Wednesday.

John McBeth – An Indonesia woman attending a recent anticorruption dialogue with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was surprised when a palace protocol officer approached her before th

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – No matter how hard the government has tried to eradicate pornography, the reality is that its trade in the capital continues to thrive.

Ezra Sihite & Dessy Sagita – A barrage of criticism and scorn continue to assail the president's recent establishment of an anti-pornography task force, with many saying on Wednesda

Jakarta – The government is set to create anti-pornography task forces at provincial and regency levels as an extension to the new anti-porn task force which was recently formed by Pres

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Arienta Primanita, Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has formed a task force to implement the country's controversial Anti-Pornography Law, prompting

Erwida Maulia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has formed Indonesia's first anti-pornography task force to oversee the enforcement of the country's controversial 2008 law banning th

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Police have arrested 16 striptease dancers at a hotel in North Jakarta and charged them with "committing a pornographic act."

Fitri, Mataram – Some dangdut songs have gone too far, according to the West Nusa Tenggara Broadcasting Commission, which on Thursday announced a ban on 10 songs with "pornographic" lyr

Five striptease dancers and two female disc jockeys were caught red-handed while naked at a nightclub in Pekanbaru, Riau, early on Tuesday, police said.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Nazril "Ariel" Irham, the lead singer of the band Peterpan who was jailed for distributing pornography following a controversial sex video scandal, is participati

Police said on Wednesday that they were still investigating TV celebrities and models Luna Maya and Cut Tari for sex tapes allegedly featuring them with rock star Nazril "Ariel" Irham.

Banda Aceh – Ulema in Aceh have warned Muslims, the younger generation in particular, that observing Valentine's Day is not allowed in Islam and against Shariah law that is in force in

Jakarta – The Tangerang Police have declared RD, 16, a suspect for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, and charged him with violating the child protection law.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Depok municipal administration in West Java said it will close all karaoke businesses in the city, saying local bylaws don't permit them.

A religious teacher from a state high school in Madura, East Java, is likely to face sanctions after he was caught having sex with a married woman during Ramadan.

Antara & Camelia Pasandaran, Bandung – Bandung's factory outlets are open to Miss Universe, but its charity functions are not, according to the West Java branch of the Indonesian C

Jakarta – Up to 67 percent of children below the age of 13 in the East Nusa Tenggara capital of Kupang have accessed porn sites, mostly via mobile phones, a survey has found.

The Bogor district government says it will begin to monitor hotels hosting illegal karaoke and nightclub venues.

Elisabeth Oktofani & Yuli Saputra – Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes has walked straight into a controversy while visiting Indonesia after she was reportedly offered an exorbitant sum

Model, singer and actress Julia Perez says she is disappointed by moves by a branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) to ban erotic dangdut singers, including herself.

Padang – The Padang City administration has officially revoked the license of Fellas Cafe and Resto for employing strippers.

Banda Aceh – A brother and sister who had a child together have been banished from their Aceh village, despite officials struggling to find an offense to charge them with under the prov

Surabaya – The Golkar Party is set to hold a traditional Javanese ceremony at one of Indonesia's most revered archeological sites on Friday night in response to what is says is the nati

Sidoarjo – The Sidoarjo Transportation Agency in East Java has ordered truck owners to remove all erotic paintings and provocative slogans from their vehicles because they are considere

Nurfika Osman – Activists on Thursday denounced the Anti-Pornography Law, saying it had been far too harsh on Peterpan frontman Nazril "Ariel" Irham and others like him, but too lenient

Batam – Despite protests from several Muslim organizations, last weekend's bikini beach party at a hotel in Bintan drew almost 2,000 guests.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Organizers of a beauty pageant in Aceh defied opposition from a conservative Islamic group by staging the event on Friday evening.

Islamic students organization Rabithah Thaliban Aceh (RTA) has opposed plans to hold a Miss Aceh pageant as part of the 2011 Aceh Fair at Blang Padang in Banda Aceh.

The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front is preparing to hold a rally in front of the offices of film production house K2K, which made the horror movie "Pocong Mandi Goyang Pinggul" ("Shro

Arientha Primanita – The verdict is in: making your own sex video is not illegal.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The Bandung High Court has rejected the appeal filed by Peterpan frontman Nazril Irham against his conviction on pornography charges, a judge said on Monday.

Jakarta – His resignation announced, apologies offered and sanctions enacted, former legislator Arifinto bid farewell to his political career.

Elisabeth Oktofani – The latest Indonesian movie featuring an international porn star is set to hit the country's screens at the end of the month, the producers said on Tuesday.

Anita Rachman – Arifinto, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker under fire for apparently watching pornography during Friday's plenary session in the legislature, has just announc

From comparisons to the Peterporn scandal to plans to seize and examine politicians' gadgets, the case of a lawmaker photographed browsing a pornographic Web site has sparked a range of

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – "Yes, it was me.

Three subdistrict heads were caught on camera watching a pornographic video on a smartphone while they were supposed to be listening to a speech by the district head of Malang, East Jav

Farouk Arnaz – House of Representatives deputy speaker Anis Matta can breathe a sigh of relief after the National Police on Friday declared that the sex tape posted on Twitter last mont

Ismira Lutfia – Although Internet filtering of smutty Web sites is high on its agenda, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology conceded that Indonesians remained among

Fitri R. & Antara – Forget saying it with flowers and candy. Instead, how about a wedding in jail or a late-night gay pride party?

Nurfika Osman – Embattled celebrity Luna Maya went to the country's top rights body on Friday for help in what is becoming an increasingly bitter battle with the justice system.

Mahfiroh, Jakarta – Women's activists including the Women's Legal Aid Foundation (LBH APIK) and the Free Women National Network (JRPM) are supporting television host Luna Maya as a vict