The police should not use the Pornography Law to target Rizieq Syihab. Even if they have evidence of his intimate and racy chat with Firza Husein, a woman who is not his wife, the police should not be trying to use it to send the leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to court.

This law has faced public criticism since before it was passed nine years ago, namely that it is an unwarranted public intrusion into people's private lives. The state