ASIA / PACIFIC
July 7, 2014
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Indonesia shuts down
massive prostitution complex
ANIME EXCEPTION. A visitor to the Tokyo International Anime Fair
looks at cartoon figures on display in Tokyo in this file photo. Japan’s par-
liament has passed a law that bans possession of child pornography, but
excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation,
and computer graphics. The upper house voted to approve the legislation,
which amends an earlier law that banned production and distribution
of child pornography but not ownership of such materials. (AP Photo/
Katsumi Kasahara, File)
Japan bans child
porn, but excludes
manga, anime
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) —
Officials officially shut down a mas-
sive prostitution complex in Indone-
sia’s second-largest city amid pro-
tests by sex workers, who said their
livelihoods were being destroyed.
The mayor of Surabaya, Tri
Rismaharini, announced the closure
of the “Dolly” prostitution complex in
a ceremony at the city’s Islamic
Center Building, about a mile away.
A cabinet minister and the gover-
nor of East Java attended the cere-
mony, where about 100 local figures
signed a statement supporting the
closure of one of Southeast Asia’s
largest red-light districts. About a
thousand Muslims rallied at the Is-
lamic Center to express their support.
Meanwhile, hundreds of pros-
titutes and others who said their
livelihoods depend on the sex trade
blocked streets leading to the Dolly
complex in protest of its closure.
The government plans to provide
$425 to each of about 1,500 sex
workers to help them start a new life.
Most of Indonesia’s 246 million
BROTHEL BAN. Muslim protesters display posters during a rally supporting the closing of
the Dolly red-light district in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Officials officially shut down a massive
prostitution complex in Indonesia’s second-largest city amid protests by sex workers, who said their
livelihoods were being destroyed. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
people are Muslims. However,
prostitution rings operate openly in
all major cities despite opposition
from Islamic conservatives, some of
whom want to replace Indonesia’s
secular system with one bound by
Islamic law.
Rismaharini, the first female
mayor of Surabaya, has pledged to
close down all brothels in the city.
By Elaine Kurtenbach
The Associated Press
OKYO — Japan’s parliament has passed a law
that bans possession of child pornography, but
excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in
comics, animation, and computer graphics.
The upper house voted to approve the legislation, which
amends an earlier law that banned production and
distribution of child pornography but not ownership of
such materials.
Japan is the last major industrial country to criminalize
possession of child pornography, and had long faced calls
to crack down on the loophole.
The law provides for prison terms of up to one year and
fines of up to 1 million yen ($9,800) for having porno-
graphic photographs or videos of children. It allows a
grace period of one year for people owning such materials
to dispose of them.
Pictures and drawings of children as young as toddlers
posed in sexually suggestive ways are easily found online
in Japan.
Child advocates and other critics of the new legislation
say it is a long-overdue improvement but are unhappy
with the exclusion of depictions of sexual fantasies
involving children in “manga” comic books, anime, and
video games.
Those so-called “creative industries” are a pillar of the
government’s “Cool Japan” effort to expand culture-
related exports and are worth hundreds of billions of
dollars in annual revenues.
The exclusion was made after publishers and lawyers’
associations contended that a ban on such images would
violate the constitutional right of free speech.
According to humantrafficking.org, Japan is a hub for
the production and distribution of child pornography, part
of a massive sex industry that includes prostitutes
dressed in school uniforms and other outfits meant to
cater to pedophiles.
The new law, which was approved by the lower house of
parliament last month, requires internet providers and
other such companies to cooperate with police in
preventing and investigating distribution of child porno-
graphy, which it defines as photos and videos that expose
or focus on children’s sexual parts.
Police say widespread use of smart phones has aided the
distribution of pornographic images of children. They
reported 1,644 cases of child pornography in 2013.
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