'RCTI' must stop airing 'Baywatch'

'RCTI' must stop airing 'Baywatch'

From Republika

I fully support the Council of Indonesian Ulemas' call that airing of television programs called Dansa Yo Dansa, Love and Life, and Joget be stopped. Yet, there is one program which is truly vulgar and whose airing must be immediately stopped. What I mean is Baywatch, a show excessively and openly showing parts of a woman's body actually not allowed to be shown in public. The actresses only wear swimming suits, revealing their sexually alluring body shapes and protruding breasts clearly.

As a woman, I am really offended and humiliated with the airing of the film. If the television station concerned does not stop airing it immediately, I wonder where program officers responsible place their respect for ethics and good manners in dressing, particularly with regard to women? They should not place money above everything else just for the sake of earning greater profits at the expense of the honor and the self-respect of women.

SRI KURNIAWATI

Bogor, West Java