• by Richard Whitman , Columnist, October 2, 2016

In Jakarta, police are questioning ten people -- eight from advertising agency Transito Aidman Jati -- after a jumbotron displayed pornographic images in South Jakarta on Friday. An outdoor video screen in the Prapanca area of South Jakarta displayed a porn video to the surprise of many.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said 10 people have been investigated to find who was responsible for the incident, which quickly went viral. The two others were witnesses who saw the video at the scene.

The Public Relations Department of South Jakarta quickly cut power to the billboard upon learning of the video content.

As the police are conducting a forensic examination of the six computers used by the ad agency to display content to the billboards, Awi said, “we have examined five computers and another one will be checked soon. I hope the investigation will reveal who played the video and whether there was an intent to display the video.”

In addition, the phones of the eight ad agency employees have been confiscated to aid in the determination of the source of the porn.

Other reports say the event was the result of outside hackers. Apparently, the video content comes from a film entitled "Tokyo Hot
Number 1185."

If this had occurred in Times Square, most people would have chuckled and moved on. In Muslim-heavy Indonesia, access to pornographic web content is blocked and any TV content hinting at sex is usually blurred or cut making the appearance of such content in such a public forum a bit more shocking.

If you really, really want to see the content that was displayed, a quick Google search for "porn on billboard" will satiate your desire.

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