Rocker faces music over sex tapes

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

BANDUNG: An Indonesian court today jailed one of Southeast Asias biggest rock stars for more than three years after sex tapes of him with two television celebrities appeared online.

The sentence drew howls of outrage from singer Nazril Ariels fans in the court and across the Malay-speaking world, while the freeariel hashtag shot to the top list of trending topics on microblogging site Twitter.

The 29-year-old frontman of rock band Peterpan was sentenced to three and a half years in jail for giving an opportunity for others to spread, produce and prepare a pornographic video, the judges said in their verdict.

Islamist hardliners pelted the police van with rotten eggs and tomatoes as he was escorted to the court, while fans sang his song Sahabat (Friend) and chanted Free Ariel.


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