Maidens in the Tabloids Lair
ALTHOUGH yet to be ratified, the Anti-Pornography Draft Bill has already caused many adult tabloid magazine managers to be afraid. Police have arrested some, others are lying low and vacating offices. The Criminal Code in fact provides enough ammunition for police to apprehend them. Yet the business is enticing: with minimal capital they can reap profits many times over. And the young models have a symbiotic relationship with the media managers: theyre ready to be paid little for the sake of popularity and a bit of money.
April 4, 2006
THE two-story building that looks like an ordinary house sits slightly back from Jl. Lega Raya in the Lenteng Agung area of South Jakarta. On Tuesday afternoon in late February, the office without a signboard appeared deserted. Two security guards in blue uniforms were on guard in a garage at the main gate.
These are the offices of Lipstik, one of the tabloids that bravely publishes erotic photographs and sex stories. When Tempo pushed open the ga
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