MUI slams TV 'porn'

MUI slams TV 'porn'

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) expressed concern
on Tuesday over the use of provocative material on television and
in print publications.

MUI also urged concerned owners of television stations and
publishing companies to stop exploiting sexuality to prevent
moral decadence among the country's younger generations, Antara
reported on Tuesday.

MUI identified a number of television programs and magazines
that it thought promoted sexuality. They were: Dansa yo Dansa
(Let's Dance) on state-owned TVRI, Majalah-X (Magazine-X) on
private station SCTV, Life and Love on Metro TV and a number of
musical programs with scantily dressed women.

There was no immediate response from the television stations.

MUI is also planning to meet a number of government officials,
including Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla,
Minister of Religious Affairs Sail Aqiel Munawar and Police chief
Gen. Da'i Bachtiar to discuss how to enhance monitoring of
provocative material in both electronic and print media. --
Antara