Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The South Jakarta Prosecutors' Office said Wednesday it would immediately detain the former chief editor of the now-defunct Playboy Indonesia magazine, Erwin Arnada, after receiving a copy of the Supreme Court's 2009 ruling sentencing him to two years in prison for public indecency.

"I have summoned him to my office next Monday. The letter of summons will be sent twice should he fail to respond to my first call. We will take him by force if he chooses to ignore our third summons," head of the South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Muhammad Yusuf, told The Jakarta Post.

In July 2009, the Supreme Court granted an appeal lodged by prosecutors and sentenced Erwin to two years in prison. Erwin was cleared of charges by the South Jakarta District Court in 2007.

Yusuf declined to comment when asked why it took more than a year for the Supreme Court to announce its verdict and send a copy of the ruling to his office, saying the matter was beyond his authority.

Members of the hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), who strongly protested the publication of the Indonesian edition of the men's magazine, have demanded that Erwin turn himself in to prosecutors to serve his sentence.

"We expect Erwin to be a gentleman," Ari Yusuf Amir, an FPI member, said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

In 2006, only a week after the publication of Playboy Indonesia's first edition, the FPI members attacked Playboy Indonesia's editorial office in South Jakarta, injuring two policemen. They pelted the building with rocks, shattering windows and terrifying tenants.

FPI members then reported the magazine, which contained no nudity, to the police for violating public indecency laws. The South Jakarta District Court ruled in 2007 that Erwin had not violated indecency laws by publishing the magazine.

Then presiding judge Efran Basuning said photographs presented as evidence during Erwin's trial could not be categorized as pornography. Erwin praised the verdict as a victory for press freedoms in the country.

Prosecutors had charged Erwin with publishing indecent material and profiting from the publication of those materials.

Basuning said prosecutors should have charged the defendant under the 1999 Press Freedom Law, rather than the Criminal Code.

Many legal experts and media identities argue that although the Press Law carries similarly severe punishments as the Criminal Code, including prison sentences and fines, it provides authorities necessary leeway to resolve media cases without jailing journalists.

Neither Erwin nor his lawyers could be reached for comment on Wednesday.