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 strong stories. However, just the notion of the brand, which has become a relatively staid publication in the United States, was enough to set off Islamic hard-liners, particularly the Islamic Defenders Front, known by its Indonesian initials FPI, which staged violent demonstrations, including physical attacks on the magazine's offices that were responsible for a climate of hysteria.
A Nonsensical Indonesian Arrest
A Nonsensical Indonesian Arrest
A Nonsensical Indonesian Arrest
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 strong stories. However, just the notion of the brand, which has become a relatively staid publication in the United States, was enough to set off Islamic hard-liners, particularly the Islamic Defenders Front, known by its Indonesian initials FPI, which staged violent demonstrations, including physical attacks on the magazine's offices that were responsible for a climate of hysteria.