Indonesia's communications and information technology minister said sex videos allegedly featuring celebrities made him feverish , adding that the country needed a rule to ban negative content on the web.
In the absence of such a
ban, Mi-nister Tifatul Sembiring said he would summon ISPs to help stop the spread of the clips, Antara news agency reported.
He said he hadn't seen the video but a report on them from his subordinates made him feverish . Why would
anyone tape such a private thing?
Following the passage of the controversial 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction Law, the ministry had proposed a regulation that would justify government control of multimedia content. The plan was
dropped following uproar and a rebuke from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Police have summoned the celebrities suspected of being featured in the videos — vocalist Nazril Ariel Ilham, Luna Maya and Cut Tari — for questioning next week.
All three have denied appearing in the videos, while police have said it was possible that the suspect would be one of the people featured in the clips.
The police added that they were hunting those suspected of producing and distributing
the videos. Tifatul said under the pornography law, anyone making sex tapes — even for private purposes — could be guilty of violating the law.
Maya is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme and has appeared in
advertisements with Ariel for a soap made by Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever. A spokesman for Unilever said the soap ads had been cancelled this week.
Update: Calls
for the celebrities to be stoned to death
Singer Nazril Ariel has been at the centre of the Peterporn controversy, named after his band Peterpan, since the two grainy but explicit videos went viral on Indonesian websites earlier this month.
Ariel surrendered today after police
named him a suspect for breaching the anti-pornography law. If he hadn't surrendered we would have arrested him, police deputy spokesman Zainuri Lubis said.
As the videos continued to circulate online, hundreds of radical Islamists rallied in
Jakarta to demand adulterers be put to death by stoning.
As a divorcee, Ariel should be stoned along with married television celebrity, Cut Tari, who allegedly appears with him in one of the X-rated videos, a muslim spokesman said.
Those
people who have sex before marriage should be caned with a stick 100 times in public. Adulterers should be half-buried and stoned to death, said protest coordinator Fadilah Karimah" The more people who see it the better.
The
celebrities deny uploading the clips but could still face up to 12 years in jail for breaches of the country's 2008 anti-pornography law. Tari and Ariel could also face up to nine months in prison for adultery.
One of Indonesia's top celebrities has been charged under an anti-pornography law for his alleged role in sex videos which have appeared on the internet.
Pop star Nazril
Ariel Irham and two other celebrities, TV presenter Luna Maya and soapstar Cut Tari, have denied involvement in the sex tapes.
Zainuri Lubis, deputy spokesman of the National Police, told the BBC that Ariel had been charged with the making
and distribution of the sex tapes under the controversial anti-pornography law.
He is the first high-profile person to be charged under the law, which came into effect in 2008 despite strong opposition from the public and members of government.
Local reports have quoted Indonesian police saying they have plans to detain the two female celebrities who are also allegedly featured in the sex tapes for their own protection.
Actress Luna Maya was arrested in the National Police Headquarters here Wednesday evening for being considered not cooperative in the porn video case.
Luna is
arrested because she is strongly suspected being involved in the making of porn video recordings with Ariel, Senior Police Commissioner Marwoto Seoto said.
The police earlier named actresses Luna Maya and Cut Tari suspects in the sensational
porn video case.
The police had also carried out a scientific crime investigation on the three celebrities in which their physical characteristics were compared with those of the actors in the porn video scenes.
An Indonesian rock star held for more than four months over a homemade sex video that found its way online has finally been charged and could face up to 16 years in
jail, reports said.
Nazril Ariel has been charged with distributing pornography under several articles of the criminal code including the 2008 anti-pornography law, The Jakarta Globe reported.
A lawyer for the singer said no charges had
been laid but that their client would be held in custody beyond, when many had expected him to be released due to a lack of evidence to warrant a trial.
One of
Indonesia's top celebrities has gone on trial for his alleged role in sex videos which appeared on the internet.
Pop star Nazril Ariel Irham has been charged under Indonesia's controversial anti-pornography law. He could face 12 years in
jail for the two home-made films, which are said to feature him and two female companions.
The scandal has attracted huge attention in Indonesia. About 500 people nonetheless gathered outside the court as proceedings were held behind closed doors,
AFP news agency reported.
The singer was accompanied by his girlfriend, TV presenter Luna Maya, who is said to be the woman in one of the two videos. The woman alleged to appear in the other, Cut Tari, is a soap opera star previously linked to the
singer. The two women are not facing charges. All three deny involvement in the sex tapes.
A court in Indonesia has sentenced one of their best known pop stars to three-and-a-half years in prison for making and distributing sex videos on the internet.
The tapes of Nazril Irham, or Ariel as he is known, and two other celebrities, were
made public last June.
He is the first celebrity to be charged under Indonesia's repressive pornography law that came into effect in 2008.
Ariel had made three sex videos featuring him and separately, two female celebrities. He was found
guilty of giving an opportunity for others to spread, produce and prepare a pornographic video , according to the verdict.
As a public figure, the defendant should be aware that fans might imitate his behaviour, claimed Judge Singgih
Budi Prakoso. He said that Ariel had done nothing to prevent the wide distribution of the videos. Cultural divide
The singer's lawyer said he would appeal against the sentence and criticised the judges' admission that they were influenced by
public pressure.
Outside the court, hundreds of protesters had gathered calling for harsh punishment. The trial had become a target for protests by hardline Muslim groups who have adopted pornography as a banner issue, claiming it symbolises what
they have called the nation's moral decline.
Indonesia's communications and information technology minister said sex videos allegedly featuring celebrities made him feverish , adding that the country needed a rule to ban negative content on the web. 
Singer Nazril Ariel has been at the centre of the Peterporn controversy, named after his band Peterpan, since the two grainy but explicit videos went viral on Indonesian websites earlier this month. 
A court in Indonesia has sentenced one of their best known pop stars to three-and-a-half years in prison for making and distributing sex videos on the internet. 