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Islamic Defender's Front Visit Ariel in Prison Over Porn Case
October 27, 2010

Peterpan frontman Ariel leaving National Police headquarters last week after he was transferred to detention facilities in Bandung where he will undergo trial on pornography charges. The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) say they are willing to help the popular singer repent. (Antara Photo) Peterpan frontman Ariel leaving National Police headquarters last week after he was transferred to detention facilities in Bandung where he will undergo trial on pornography charges. The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) say they are willing to help the popular singer repent. (Antara Photo)
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rain80
11:59pm Nov 29, 2010

FPI is making Indonesia a joke to the entire world. The government catering to them is even more shameful.


forgetyourself
9:28am Oct 29, 2010

This is pathetic. But, I guess if Ariel can just play the game with the FPI for a while he may have a chance of getting out. And I hope he does. We all know the judges, police and politicians are too afraid of the FPI to stand up against them, because the FPI claim to follow Islam. And everyone here is afraid of Islam. So I say, Ariel, go for it. Work on your acting skills, bow down to this bunch of delusional idiots, and try to get out of prison. Then, write a book or something and enjoy your freedom.


SirAnthonyKnown-Bender
8:54am Oct 29, 2010

Expect an album of bowel crushingly dull religious music within the year. Rock on chaps.

peterR
7:36am Oct 29, 2010

Has the FPI and the other such organisations mobilised their people to help victims of the recent disasters, or do they have more important 'God' work to do?

peterR
7:07am Oct 29, 2010

So if the FPI decides he is repentant, will they give permission for him to be released from prison?

What a terrible state this country is being allowed to plunge into. The people are just held captive by terrorists, which is what the FPI are, and corrupt elite leaders.

SBY is leading this country into an abyss that it will not be able to turn away from.

Bandung, Indonesia. Indonesia’s infamous Islamic Defender’s Front visited beleaguered pop singer Nazriel Irham in the Kebonwaru Penitentiary in Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday because they were told that the Peterpan frontman wanted to repent.

Ariel — in police detention since June after two pornographic videos featuring himself and television celebrities Luna Maya and Cut Tari were leaked on the Internet — met with Hilman Firdaus, one of the leaders of the hard-line group, also known as the FPI, on Wednesday.

“The manager of Peterpan came to us and asked us to help Ariel return to the right path,” Hilman said. “I can’t just trust him so I came to meet Ariel today. I want to hear it, straight from his mouth, [that he wants to repent],” he added.

According to Hilman, if Ariel was serious about repenting, Bandung’s FPI branch would be willing to provide moral support during his court hearing and help his band regain popularity.

“If Ariel really wants to repent, we will give as much motivation and support as we can so his group can be accepted again in Bandung,” Hilman said, adding that he had a Koran for the popular singer.

“I will ask Ariel to be serious in his self-repentance,” he said.

Meanwhile, Suharman, the head of the Kebonwaru Penitentiary, said that anyone could visit Ariel. “We will accommodate those who want to visit him as long as it is done with good intentions,” Suharman said.

Ariel was transferred from National Police headquarters in Jakarta to the Bandung Prosecutor’s Office last week for trial in the capital of West Java, where the offenses allegedly occurred.


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