Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – After languishing in jail for months, Peterpan frontman Nazril Irham is finally going to trial in Bandung, according to acting Attorney General Darmono.

"The case against Irham, also known as Ariel, has been handed to court. Since the alleged crime occurred in Bandung, the trial will be held in a district court there," Darmono said on Wednesday, without giving a date. However, a source from the AGO said the closed-door trial would start on Monday.

"Normally, the trial of pornography-related cases are not open to the public," said the AGO source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Irham will reportedly not be indicted for taping his sexual liaisons with celebrities, identified by police as Luna Maya and Cut Tari, since prosecutors had been unable to find the appropriate legal articles to charge him for this.

Instead, he will face charges for his role in the distribution of pornographic materials, which is illegal under the 2008 Anti-Pornography Law.

The singer had been detained since June 22 at the National Police headquarters but was transferred to a Bandung detention facility late last month.

He was arrested after videos of him having sex were uploaded to the Internet, allegedly by the band's music editor. Luna and Cut were named suspects in the case but were not detained.

AGO spokesman Babul Khoir Harahap said details of when and where these videos were filmed remained unclear so Ariel would be prosecuted for his role in distributing the movies rather than his role in making them.

"[Ariel] knew about the sex videos but he didn't do anything to prevent them from being circulated," Babul said.

A key witness identified only as Reza or Redjoy – who was also named a suspect in the case – said in October that he received the video files from the Capung Studio along Jalan Antapani, Bandung, and prepared them for online distribution.