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Indonesian PKS Lawmaker Denies Deliberately Watching Porn
Markus Junianto Sihaloho | April 11, 2011

PKS lawmaker Arifinto said he received an e-mail that had a link in it that led him unwittingly to pornography, but is now facing a House Ethics Council inquiry. (Antara Photo) PKS lawmaker Arifinto said he received an e-mail that had a link in it that led him unwittingly to pornography, but is now facing a House Ethics Council inquiry. (Antara Photo)
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Asoegenie
4:07pm Apr 10, 2011

This stupid liar Arifinto should be unceremoniously dismissed from the House of Representatives. He should have realized that his statement: "“It happened just near Friday prayer time. Anyone would be fed up by that point." just shows that, like many fellow House members, he is incompetent, isn't at all serious about doing his job, and doesn't know the meaning of discipline. Away with him!

Roland
2:07pm Apr 10, 2011

I never get mysterious emails in my inbox (please note - not the spam folder!) with links to pornographic videos embedded, which then load instantly without actually the need to download them (Please note on the technical side that most email providers do not allow attachments over 20 MB, so in spam emails it is usually just a web link which then again connects you to some "fancy site). They must have some ultra secret super-ultra-mega high-speed internet connection provider in the parliament building, which then again can for sure NOT be Telkom Speedy!

Also the comment "It happened just near Friday prayer time, anyone would be fed up by that point...." doesn't make any sense in connection with his issue for me! Why was he "fed up"? Because he was already working 4 hours? Or, alternatively because it was "near Friday prayer time"? Mysterious indeed!

So one can just assume it was the CIA or some Zionist bandits who want with force bring the PKS down on its knees!

devine
11:46am Apr 10, 2011

Any kid knows not to click on a link from an unknown sender...

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...so please hand over your computer so we can see what is the truth since you most likely also dont know how to securely delete files...

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He should be sacked... if not for porn then for stupidity...

DrDez
11:36am Apr 10, 2011

You are excused Wong. But do try harder next time there's a good boy

wong.ahlus
10:46am Apr 10, 2011

Excuse me sir, for being an idiotic. Hahaha.

A lawmaker was forced to explain on Friday a photograph that shows him allegedly watching pornography on his tablet computer during a plenary session in the House of Representatives.

Arifinto, from the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which has campaigned for a crackdown on pornography, claimed he was unaware an e-mailed link he opened on Thursday at the House was a pathway to pornographic images.

In a press conference on Friday afternoon after the newspaper Media Indonesia posted the image on its Web site, Arifinto explained that he was listening to the plenary’s closing speech when his tablet PC sounded, indicating a new e-mail had just arrived.

The lawmaker said he did not remember the subject line of the e-mail. He said he opened the e-mail, found a link and clicked it.

“I then found out they were pornographic images. I stopped watching it and then erased it from my inbox,” he said.

“Maybe, during that time when I was considering that the image was not a proper thing to be watched, the photographer took the picture.”

Arifinto said he didn’t remember the sender of the e-mail, but he assured it was not from the PKS’s internal mailing list.

House Speaker Marzuki Alie urged the Ethics Council to look into the case. “It violates our code of ethics,” he said.

The code stipulates that lawmakers should not do anything other than pay attention to the proceedings during meetings.

“It happened just near Friday prayer time,” Arifinto said. “Anyone would be fed up by that point. I didn’t intentionally click on the link. I erased the e-mail and gave my attention back to the plenary agenda.”

But Marzuki said there was no need to regulate the use of gadgets within sessions.

“Principally, lawmakers can bring such items into plenary meetings to help do their jobs. But of course, they can’t be used for watching porn movies,” he said.

The Ethics Council, for its part, said it would look into the matter as soon as a complaint was filed against Arifinto.

“Or we will proactively launch a probe into the matter if we consider it as a matter that sparks public interest, and many media organizations give it coverage,” said Nudirman Munir, deputy chairman of the council.

Arifinto said he was ready to answer any summons over the matter.

PKS president Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq tried to dismiss the matter. “I think the explanation from Arifinto is enough,” he said. “I am not needed to give more comment.”

PKS members have been embroiled in controversies recently, which officials claim are aimed at destabilizing the party.

House Deputy Speaker Anis Matta, the secretary general of the PKS, was last month implicated in a sex-video scandal that the police later cleared him of.

And then ousted party co-founder Yusuf Supendi accused three senior PKS officials of having polygamous marriages not approved by the party’s Shariah Council — chairman Luthfi, Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring and party deputy secretary general Mahfudz Siddiq.