Bandung, Indonesia
Indonesian pop star Nazril "Ariel" Ilham was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Monday for his involvement in sex movies, authorities announced that him and two other top Indonesian celebrities.
As part of his sentence under the laws of the country anti-pornography, Ariel also be fined $ 28,000. The Crown had sought a sentence of five years.
It will appeal, his lawyer said, adding that there was no clear evidence that Ariel distributed videos.
Ariel, the lead singer of rock band Peterpan, "was the main culprit of the high level of pornography law came into force in 2008 and carries a maximum sentence of 12 years.
The first video revealed a number of sites last year and went to the virus through social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. It supports the current Ariel and his girlfriend Luna Maya - a model and television journalist, who interviewed Hillary Clinton on his show "Dahsyat" during U.S. Secretary of State, visited Indonesia in 2009.
After the release of another video that allegedly Ariel Cut Tari - soap opera star and a television journalist - the name "Ariel Peterporn spin the name of the singer and his band, has become an issue top trend on Twitter.
At that time, the three celebrities appearing publicly denied Gaza, telling people in the sequences only resembled them.
The videos have led to protests from conservative Islamic groups and others across the country that condemns celebrities.
When the district court judge read the sentence in the packed courtroom Monday, hundreds of radicals who gathered outside the courthouse booed.
"Ariel is guilty," cried some, as some 1,000 riot police stood guard.
"He received at least five years," said union leader CHEP Hernawan Islamist movements. "We are very disappointed."
feminist and writer Julia Suryakusuma said the protest sends the wrong message.
"It is also sending a message that if you are high enough, then you heard, and that's not how it should be," she said.
Later Monday, the court sentenced an employee of Peterpan music label for two years in prison.
Prosecutors said the officer, Reza Rinaldi was the person who uploaded the videos on the Internet.
Indonesian pop star Nazril "Ariel" Ilham was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Monday for his involvement in sex movies, authorities announced that him and two other top Indonesian celebrities.
As part of his sentence under the laws of the country anti-pornography, Ariel also be fined $ 28,000. The Crown had sought a sentence of five years.
It will appeal, his lawyer said, adding that there was no clear evidence that Ariel distributed videos.
Ariel, the lead singer of rock band Peterpan, "was the main culprit of the high level of pornography law came into force in 2008 and carries a maximum sentence of 12 years.
The first video revealed a number of sites last year and went to the virus through social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. It supports the current Ariel and his girlfriend Luna Maya - a model and television journalist, who interviewed Hillary Clinton on his show "Dahsyat" during U.S. Secretary of State, visited Indonesia in 2009.
After the release of another video that allegedly Ariel Cut Tari - soap opera star and a television journalist - the name "Ariel Peterporn spin the name of the singer and his band, has become an issue top trend on Twitter.
At that time, the three celebrities appearing publicly denied Gaza, telling people in the sequences only resembled them.
The videos have led to protests from conservative Islamic groups and others across the country that condemns celebrities.
When the district court judge read the sentence in the packed courtroom Monday, hundreds of radicals who gathered outside the courthouse booed.
"Ariel is guilty," cried some, as some 1,000 riot police stood guard.
"He received at least five years," said union leader CHEP Hernawan Islamist movements. "We are very disappointed."
feminist and writer Julia Suryakusuma said the protest sends the wrong message.
"It is also sending a message that if you are high enough, then you heard, and that's not how it should be," she said.
Later Monday, the court sentenced an employee of Peterpan music label for two years in prison.
Prosecutors said the officer, Reza Rinaldi was the person who uploaded the videos on the Internet.