VCD rental firm owners arrested

YOGYAKARTA: Police in Sleman, Yogyakarta, seized 310 pornographic video compact discs and arrested eight owners of VCD rental firms in a recent crackdown.

Chief of Sleman Police detectives unit, First Lt. Mujiana, said on Thursday the suspects could be part of a nationwide web of illegal VCD dealers. He said the suspects admitted during questioning that two people from Jakarta and Surabaya supplied them with the VCDs on a regular basis.

"We will send them to court and step up operations to search for illegal VCDs," Mujiana said.

A VCD is rented for Rp 10,000 (US$1.17) for two days, according to Mujiana.

He said Sleman was one of the most lucrative markets for pornographic VCDs and drugs because of the huge population of university students. (44)