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A Nonsensical Indonesian Arrest

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Jun 30, 2011
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The release on June 25 of Erwin Arnada, the former editor of Indonesia's ill-fated edition of Playboy Magazine after serving nine months in prison for outraging public decency, closes a chapter that should never have been opened.

The Indonesian Playboy never printed an indecent picture. Arnada said he had started the edition because he wanted to print …

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