Indonesian Anti-Porn Spokesperson Resigns from Parliament After Being Caught Watching Porn

Apr. 11, 2011

By Dan Hoffman info

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This past Monday, an Indonesian Parliament Member and member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) known only as “Arifinto” resigned from his post after being caught watching porn with his tablet PC during a parliamentary meeting.

Arifinto is one of Indonesia’s most outspoken proponents of anti-pornography laws. The country’s population of Muslims – the largest in the world – is more moderate than conservative, but a fringe class of reactionaries led in part by Arifinto have passed some rather extreme laws that can put porn-goers and even public kissers into prison for up to fifteen years.

Notable breakers of the law include include Nazril “Ariel” Irham, lead singer for Indonesia’s most popular band, Peterpan (some sex tapes he made were discovered on the Internet and he was sentenced to 40 months in jail) and the editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia, who was sentenced to two years in the slammer.

According to The Jakarta Post, Arifinto was given a laundry list of things to do to help atone for his act: recite the entire Koran within the 30 days, give alms to 60 poor people, seek religious advice, read the “istigfar” (a prayer asking for mercy) at least 100 times within 40 days, and, basically, ask for forgiveness from everyone in Indonesia. TC mark

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  • http://twitter.com/brandollars Brandon Silverman

    I guess hypocrite politicians exist outside the US too!!

    Sarcasm aside, this headline made me laugh for a minute before I even read the article.

  • http://www.facebook.com/gregpphoto Greg Petliski

    “This past Monday, an Indonesian Parliament Member and member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) known only as “Arifinto” resigned from his post after being caught watching porn with his tablet PC during a parliamentary meeting.”

    So was he jerking off too?

    • http://twitter.com/Dan_Hoffmann Dan Hoffman

      I do not think so, unless he concealed it very well.

  • dave herr

    public kissers really should be imprisoned

    • http://twitter.com/Dan_Hoffmann Dan Hoffman

      I kiss in public all the time, bro, whatchu sayin'?

  • dylan

    For some reason I love hearing about shit like this … especially conservative Christian pastors who get canned for sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

    At the end of the day, boobies are just awesome.

  • Ek

    boys will be boys no matter how holy one is

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