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Well, not exactly the latest new but Playboy magazine has halted operations in Indonesia.

Playboy magazine halts operations in Indonesia after protests

JAKARTA : The Indonesian edition of US adult magazine Playboy has suspended its operations for security reasons in the wake of violent protests by Muslim hardliners, its editor said Thursday.

The announcement followed violent demonstrations by the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) last week over the publication of the magazine, a toned-down version of the original which does not carry nudes.

“For the time being, we are prioritising security. We have vacated our office and we have halted our operational activities,” chief editor Erwin Arnada told reporters.

About 300 members attacked the local publisher’s office last week, smashing windows, injuring two policemen and tearing up copies of the magazine which had quickly sold out after debuting this month.

Police have in recent months seized tabloids and magazines depicting scantily dressed women from newsstands in Jakarta and arrested vendors as part of a crackdown on pornography.

But local versions of British magazines with pictorials similar to Playboy’s debut edition here have remained on sale, while pornographic DVDs are easily available on the streets of Jakarta and other major cities. – AFP/ch

Source: ChannelNewsAsia

I tell you, if this things were to occur in Singapore, no one would protest. We’ll just have a bunch of people discussing in talk show, writing commentaries in forums and trying to sound morally-right in blogs. So you see, we are rather passive people. Having said that, would the Playboy guys set up a branch over here instead. We seriously won’t protest. But our government would probably said no anyway.

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