LSF still needed

LSF still needed

From Media Indonesia

We, the members of the Society Against Pornography (MTP), are quite concerned with the strong demands voiced by certain circles lately that the Film Censorship Institute (LSF) be disbanded. In our opinion this demand, which is based on the fear that the LSF may violate human rights, should be reviewed. It should be taken into consideration that at present, when the LSF is still in existence, the mass media, particularly television, films and advertisements/commercials, very freely air sexual exploitation (pornography) and violence.

In principle, we object to the LSF conducting preventive censorship in the case of programs such as talk shows. However, it does not necessarily mean that we approve of the idea to disband the LSF because in our opinion the LSF is still needed to exercise control over the mass media so that materials involving pornography and violence do not reach the public.

We hope we can all think clearly so as to jointly find a more appropriate form of control over our audio-visual media. It is our hope, too, that we may have safe and family-friendly mass media conducive to the moral uplifting of our society.

AZIMAH SOEBAGIJO

Secretary of the

Society Against

Pornography