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Bali police will enforce pornography law: Chief
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 11/10/2008 4:25 PM | National
Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Teuku Ashikin Husein on Monday said his institution had no option but to enforce the new pornography law in the province.
"I have no option. The police must enforce every positive law in the country," he said in Denpasar, as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com.
Ashikin said the law would be implemented through a government regulation which had yet to be established.
Last week, Bali's governor and speaker of the provincial legislature announced that the province would not be able to enforce the newly passed law, saying it was not in line with Balinese philosophical and sociological values.
Ashikin, however, said the statement was not a refusal of the law.
"We will try to hold dialogues with all parties about this issue," he said.
Bali leaders and members of the public have united in an organization named the Bali People's Component to challenge the new law through the Constitutional Court. (dre)
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Henry Manoe (not verified) — Mon, 11/10/2008 - 5:09pm
Bali Chief Insp. Gen. Teuku Ashikin Husein is quoted having said that: "I have no option. The police must enforce every positive law in the country". However, the so-called pornography law is NOT a positive law; it contravenes with the different believes and philosophical and sociological values of many parts of the country that make up Indonesia, including those of many people of Bali. So, using his own argument, there is no need for good Chief Inspector General to enforce the law.