A woman was jailed for six months in Indonesian capital
Jakarta on 4th July after she shared 'pornographic' phone calls from
a boss who she had reported for sexual harassment.
Further to the custodial sentence, Baiq Nuril Maknun, 38,
was also hit with a 500 million rupiah (£28,285) fine.
Maknun was a teacher on Lombok Island and began to receive
lewd calls from the Principal of the school in 2012.
Maknun decided to record some of them, distributing the
audio to a third person.
The messages left for Maknun included him recalling sex acts
he'd performed with another member of staff.
Though she didn't want to release the recordings, her
friends convinced her to draw attention to his behaviour which was not limited
to phone calls.
The Principal lost his job as a result and in 2015 he reported
her to the police and she was tried under Indonesia's strict anti-pornography
laws.
The teacher was cleared of charges by a Lombok judge but the
decision of the smaller court was overturned by the Supreme Court, meaning she
will not be able to appeal again.
According to a court spokesman speaking to CNA, her case was
thrown out because her crime 'has been legally and convincingly proven.'
Maknun's lawyer said that her client will keep fighting the
conviction and hopes that the Indonesian President Joko Widodo will do
something to intervene.
In 2008, Indonesia passed its tough anti-pornography laws,
backed largely by the country's Muslim hardliners.
Indonesians downloading or possessing 'indecent' material
can be slapped with four years in prison.
(Daily Mail)
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