Tue, 15 Oct 1996

Disco busted for showing porn films

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The police have closed down a discotheque and arrested two of its managers for screening pornographic films and charging viewers Rp 5,000 each.

The screenings were uncovered during recent police raids around Tanjung Pasir beach in the subdistrict of Mauk in the Tangerang regency.

"When police officers raided the place they found a young couple flirting in a car parked nearby. The couple told the officers that they had just watched a pornographic film shown at Mpok Ani," said Tangerang police precinct chief Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna in reference to a disco in the area.

In addition to arresting the two managers, identified as Daniel, 35, and Domianus, 37, the police also rounded up 52 viewers, mostly teenagers, while they were watching Forbidden Love, rated XXX. (28/bas)