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FPI porn star protest prompts Miyabi security concerns

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Jakarta Globe - November 29, 2010

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Controversial pornography actress Maria Ozawa, also known as Miyabi, is due to land in Jakarta on Monday night according to her movie distributors despite the threat of protests from a hard-line Islamic group.

Maxima producer Ody Mulya Hidayat said that Maxima still was not sure whether to let Ozawa to stay in Jakarta or to re-route her to Bali for a while to prevent a potential clash with FPI, also known as the Islamic Defenders Front.

Ody, who was interviewed while waiting for Ozawa at the airport said that some of his friends had already spotted FPI members standing by at the airport.

"We are still arranging the best plan to take her here safely – let's wait and see," he said. He said that he could not disclose any information about Ozawa's flight for security reasons.

Ody refused to answer if Ozawa had left Japan to Indonesia because he was afraid that FPI members would wait for her at the airport.

"The only reason I openly announced that Miyabi will be arriving here today was because there was no controversy during her stay in Jakarta earlier to shoot the movie,' he said. "I never expected that the controversy would happen again like this," he said.

Ody said that there was a possibility that Ozawa would postpone her flight until Tuesday morning and to a city other than Jakarta. He said that he was interested in holding a discussion with FPI to explain that Ozawa's visit did not violate any law and that Maxima had completed all the necessary documentation to invite her to Indonesia.

He said that it was Ozawa's intention to visit Indonesia to meet fans and to promote her new movie "Hantu Tanah Kusir". "She's the main star, so she should be here, but with this whole issue with FPI I'm not sure," he said, adding that Ozawa's management was very strict with regard to security issues.

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