Hamzah demands curb on erotic TV

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