Police criticized over students' VCD<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung<\/p>\n
Lawyers have criticized the decision of Bandung police to name
\nstudents AH and NN as suspects in the case of a porn VCD starring
\nthe two students, saying that the decision was groundless.<\/p>\n
Criminal law expert at the Padjadjaran University in Bandung
\nPontang Moerad said last week that the police had fabricated
\nmatters.<\/p>\n
\"Our Criminal Code (KUHP) prohibits three things about sexual
\nrelations: adultery, under-aged sex and sex with violence, which
\nwe know as rape. The two students are adults who had sexual
\nrelations with mutual content. This is a question of morals which
\nis not covered by the KUHP,\" Pontang told The Jakarta Post on the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
He regretted the reckless move by the police to question
\npeople (the two students) without legal justification.<\/p>\n
\"What have they (the two students) done? They filmed
\nthemselves for their personal viewing. They had never intended to
\nsell or circulate copies of the film. The two are really victims
\nwho deserve compensation for the unwanted circulation of their
\nfilm,\" said Pontang.<\/p>\n
\"The police should stop the questioning of the two students
\n(as suspects) before they are embarrassed.\"<\/p>\n
Chief of Bandung police detectives Adj. Sr. Comr. Siswandi
\ntold the media on Friday that the two students had officially
\nbeen named as suspects on Thursday, Oct. 24.<\/p>\n
\"And legal proceedings were taken over by the West Java police
\nfrom that point,\" he said in Bandung.<\/p>\n
The suspects, AH, a (male) student of the National Institute
\nof Technology (Itenas) and NN a student of the Padjadjaran
\nUniversity were both summoned on Thursday. But only AH fulfilled
\nthe police summons, while NN failed to show up.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by his lawyer Atilla Graziani, AH was asked 30
\nquestions by the interrogators.<\/p>\n
According to chief of West Java police detectives Sr. Comr.
\nHendra Sukmana the naming of AH and NN as suspects was based on
\nWest Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Sudirman Ail's statement that
\nthe two had committed immoral acts.<\/p>\n
The story began when AH and NN celebrated the 23rd month of
\ntheir relationship in a hotel in Jakarta. Using a handycam
\nbelonging to a friend they filmed themselves having sex and AH
\nasked a friend to transfer the footage from handycam cassette to
\nVCD.<\/p>\n
To the couple's shock, copies of the VCD began circulating
\nwithout their permission. The film has been available in local
\nillegal markets since August.<\/p>\n
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, a Jakarta-based lawyer, said in a
\nseparate interview that the police had overacted in this case.<\/p>\n
\"The police may use Article 282 of the Criminal Code on
\nimmorality. The police should have proven that the two were
\nguilty of displaying, circulating or distributing pornographic
\nmaterial to the public. If they (the police) cannot prove this
\nthey cannot name the two as suspects,\" said Nursyahbani, who is
\nalso a rights activist.<\/p>\n
She said that there must have been misinterpretation of the
\narticle.<\/p>\n
Anyone found guilty of violating Article 282 of the Criminal
\nCode is subject to a maximum 18-month jail term or a fine of Rp
\n4,500.<\/p>\n
Sr. Comr. Hendra told reporters in Bandung that the two had
\nviolated the Law on Film, No. 8\/1972. \"They made a film, didn't
\nthey?\"<\/p>\n
Chief of West Java detectives for general crime Comr. Guntur
\nLaupe said that the two had also violated the Supreme Court's
\nruling No. 666\/1984, which says that a sexual relationship
\nbetween an unmarried couple is an offense.<\/p>\n
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