Hamzah demands curb on erotic TV

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz urged the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Friday to take action against TV stations that broadcast "erotic" programs.

"Erotic programs could damage the morality of the nation," Hamzah told Muslim clerics and public servants during a gathering in Cianjur, West Java.

The call was made after some of those people attending the gathering complained that erotic programs had begun to dominate TV.

The Vice President said erotic programs were making their way onto TV because of the excessive freedom of the press.

Hamzah told the participants that a bill on pornography was being deliberated by the House of Representatives. The government hopes that once the bill is passed into law, it will help reduce the number of erotic programs on TV. -- Antara