The minister said that those spreading videos containing pornography can be charged under the 2016 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law.

“The public are not allowed to spread and distribute the video, unless they want to be charged under the law,” Rudiantara said at the Office of the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister in Jakarta on Tuesday, adding that the government will more strictly monitor all contents of videos distributed on social media.

Rudiantara also cited the latest fatwa (edict) by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) that forbids Muslims from spreading hate speech, slanderous statements, hoaxes, pornographic material and racial slurs, deeming them haram (forbidden under Islamic law).

“So, don’t try to distribute any negative contents, because even the MUI has issued a fatwa saying so,” he said.

(Read also: Police arrest woman who appeared naked in drugstore)

On Monday, the video of a near-naked 26-year-old woman making a purchase at a drug store in Taman Sari, West Jakarta, went viral.

That evening, the police arrested the woman at a residence in the Rasuna Said Apartments in Kuningan, South Jakarta. The head of the West Jakarta Social Affairs Agency’s rehabilitation department, Sutawijaya, said he suspected she suffered from a mental illness. (dmr)

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