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Ariel Could Be Released From Jail in July
Yuli Krisna | February 10, 2012

Peterpan vocalist Nazriel Peterpan vocalist Nazriel 'Ariel' Irham singing his new single 'Dara' during the launch of his new album at Kebon Waru prison, Bandung, West Java, in this file photo. (Antara Photo/File)
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Valkyrie
3:23pm Feb 13, 2012

devine...

I believe SP is cooking something, but I really cannot see what's in the pot. Just getting a little of the aroma. Could be a JK and MM pair.

Look, the guy's a king maker. Maybe he'd take a shot at it himself, who knows?

DrDez
5:47pm Feb 11, 2012

I think you may be correct RB... you may have noticed I failed to comment on the Sing property article... ;)

devine
5:04pm Feb 11, 2012

2014 is going to be a though one: I personally would prefer Bakrie over Tommy or Mega... or some PKS thugs... sad... ANYONE real out there to run???

RuleBritannia
4:51pm Feb 11, 2012

JPB will be at the prison gates calling for Ariel's beheading if hie is released early.

Bakrie for president? DrD time to start packing, i think it's going to happen... and that will see Indonesia move from looking into the abyss to plunging into it.

Valkyrie
11:28am Feb 11, 2012

marko1...

Sorry, I did not view it as sarcasm.

Kangkung...

No, I am not.


Bandung. Nazril “Ariel” Irham, the lead singer of the band Peterpan who was jailed for distributing pornography following a controversial sex video scandal, is participating in an “assimilation” program that could lead to a conditional release in July, an official said on Thursday.

“He has been participating in the assimilation program for two weeks now,” said Nasir Almi, the head of the West Java Justice and Human Rights Office.

The program has seen Ariel, who was sentenced in January last year to three years and six months in jail, work in an architectural consulting firm in Bandung for five days a week, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. At night he goes back to the Kebonwaru penitentiary in Bandung.

“There is close supervision from a [jail] personnel,” said Budiman, head of the office’s prisoner service department.

Under the law, Ariel had to serve at least half of his jail term to be eligible to take part in an assimilation program. Having been in custody since his arrest in 2010, he completed half his sentence in December.

The assimilation program will last until his conditional release, if granted.

“We will observe his behavior during the assimilation program and if it is in line with the laws and agreed regulations, then he can get the conditional release,” Nasir said.

He added that the employer was proposed by Ariel.

“We approved it because it is in line with the expertise of the concerned, architecture,” he said.

Ariel studied architecture at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung.

In mid-2010, Ariel was arrested and charged in after sex tapes featuring him and two actresses circulated online. He was later found guilty of distributing pornography, even though the tapes had been taken from his laptop without his knowledge by a former Peterpan employee, Reza Rizaldy.

Reza gave the files to his cousin, who put them on the Internet. Reza was sentenced to two years, but the cousin was not charged.

Police on Wednesday said they were still investigating television celebrities and models Luna Maya and Cut Tari for their involvement in the sex tapes.

Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution, a National Police spokesman, said the case had not been dropped but that it was difficult to find sufficient evidence to complete the dossiers.

Neither Luna, Ariel’s girlfriend, or Tari, who was married at the time, have been charged.