INDONESIAN Police have arrested the country’s first Playboy model following accusations the shoot was indecent.
Playmate Kartika Gunawan posed in lingerie for the publication’s debut.
Authorities are now investigating claims she broke a decency violation law.
The magazine’s Indonesian debut caused a stir in the predominantly Muslim nation of 220 million, prompting the publisher to relocate its offices from the capital Jakarta to the more liberal island of Bali.
As a professional model, Gunawan believed she was dealing with a legal magazine that publishes images within limits set by the government.
She was being investigated for breaking an article of Indonesia’s criminal code, known as a "decency violation," and could face a maximum penalty of two years and eight months imprisonment.
Gunawan said she was worried, but had the "full support of her family."
She said: "I am not sorry, because every decision I made was well considered. I was not trying to make a sensation, many more people have posed more vulgar than I did."
The Sun
