President asks KPI to admonish TV stations for showing indecent programs

Jakarta, NU Online
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to supervise and admonish television stations which continue showing programs containing elements of sadism, gossip, mysticism, humiliating   women, and loss of national identity.

Sasa Djuarsa Sendjaja, KPI chairman made the remarks after meeting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at his office here on Thursday.<>

The KPI chairman was on the occasion in the company of  members of the press council and Minister of Communications and Information Sofyan Jalil.

Sasa said, KPI has done its best to ban television stations from showing non-educative programs.

"The results of an investigation and reports from the people said that many television stations have often shown immoral and indecent programs," he said as quoted by the state news agency.

He said admonition and evaluation were conducted based on the existing broadcasting guidelines, which called for good morality,  education, good performance, respect of women, and causing no depression to children.

In the meantime, Leo Batubara, deputy chairman of the Press Council said, his office had made an admonition two years ago, but none gave a positive response until after the council cooperated with the police in warning the TV programmers.

Sasa said further that KPI could not work alone in making  television broadcasting programs. (dar)