--- description: An Indonesian man who was arrested for screening porn on a electronic billboard in Jakarta on Friday could face seven years in jail title: Indonesian Man Faces Seven Years for Billboard Porn Hack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [indonesia](/tag/indonesia/) ## indonesia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # An Indonesian Man Faces Seven Years in Jail for Broadcasting Porn on a Billboard by [Tekendra Parmar](/author/tekendra-parmar/) ## Tekendra Parmar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2016 9:10 AM CUT by [Tekendra Parmar](/author/tekendra-parmar/) ## Tekendra Parmar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2016 9:10 AM CUT An Indonesian man who was [arrested for hacking](http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/148233-videotron-arrest-porn "undefined") into an electronic billboard in Jakarta and displaying a Japanese adult film could face seven years in prison, police said Wednesday. The 24-year-old IT specialist, who broadcast 10 minutes of the porn film _Tokyo Hot_ on a busy intersection, could be fined more than [$1 million](http://www.rappler.com/indonesia/148219-polisi-tangkap-tersangka-kasus-videotron-porno "undefined") alongside his jail sentence, according to Rappler. The event was captured by various motorists and went viral on [social media](https://twitter.com/RealIrman%5F/status/781802738594095104 "undefined"). The [_Japan Times_](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/05/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/indonesian-streams-porn-highway-billboard-faces-six-years-jail/#.V%5FSaYT-T7Px "undefined") reported that police and cybercrime experts arrested the man, identified by his initials SAR, on Tuesday. Police said the man [admitted responsibility](http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/148233-videotron-arrest-porn "undefined"), claiming he did it for fun. Access to porn sites is blocked in the Muslim-majority nation and romantic scenes are often blurred or cut by state censors. \[[_Rappler_](http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/148233-videotron-arrest-porn "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4519172/indonesia-porn-electronic-billboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4519172/indonesia-porn-electronic-billboard/"},"headline":"An Indonesian Man Faces Seven Years in Jail for Broadcasting Porn on a Billboard","datePublished":"2016-10-05T09:10:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:00:49.463Z","description":"He says he did it for fun","url":"https://time.com/4519172/indonesia-porn-electronic-billboard/","keywords":["indonesia","Japan","arrested","Jail","Porn","Hack"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tekendra Parmar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tekendra-parmar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/indonesia/","name":"indonesia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4519172/indonesia-porn-electronic-billboard/","name":"An Indonesian Man Faces Seven Years in Jail for Broadcasting Porn on a Billboard"}}]}] ```