Balinese protests against porn bill in Indonesia
19/9/2008 17:01
Balinese legislators, artists and tourism operators join forces today
opposing the endorsement of the pornography bill by the Indonesian
parliament.
Bikini-clad tourist centre of Bali island may have to cover up if
the law is passed across the country. The bill could be passed this week.
The
Balineses came into the parliament building and met with several lawmakers,
expressing their disagreement on the law endorsement.
"We want to see
chairman of the House, and all others chairmen of factions," I Made Ariaye, a
leader of the protesters said.
The porn bill is composed to define
pornography and set a moral tone across Indonesia, which most of its 230 million
population are Muslims.
Bali, mainly Hindu with easy-going lifestyle, is the
centre of tourist industry in the country with over 200,000 foreign tourist
coming per month.
Indonesia tourist industry has been recovered from the hit
of Asian financial crisis in 1997 and terrorism.
The bill has been supported
by the country's largest party of Golkar but opposed by second biggest paprty of
the Democratic Party of Struggle.
Xinhua
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