Shock! In another case of political hypocrisy, a conservative Indonesian lawmaker and anti-porn crusader resigned after he was caught watching porn on his tablet computer during a parliamentary session last Friday.
Arifinto, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, was spotted by a photographer on Friday while watching porn on a tablet device while his fellow lawmakers argued over plans to build a new parliament building. The scandal has dominated headlines and chatter on news blogs around Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population. Arifinto, 50, apologized and said he was stepping down at a hastily arranged news conference. "It's my decision," said the father of five. "Nobody tried to coerce me." The lawmaker, who is a member of the strictly Islamic Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), initially claimed that the porn showed up on his computer accidentally after he clicked on a link from his email, according to the Jakarta Globe newspaper. Arifinto spearheaded the country's controversial anit-porn bill that went into effect in 2008 despite tough opposition from the public and rival parliamentarians, who argued that the penalties were too harsh....House deputy speaker Priyo Budi Santoso called the incident "a tragedy" and said Arifinto's decision to resign was "a good thing," according to The Jakarta Post.As a result of the scandal, PKS officials said they planned to confiscate some gadgets owned by party members to prevent them from watching porn.
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Earlier this year, Indonesian pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham
was sentenced to more than three years in prison after his sex tapes hit the Internet.
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