3 Statements By Angga Dwimas Sasongko About Boycott Of Saipul Jamil

Saipul Jamil (Photo: Trans TV)

JAKARTA - Angga Dwimas Sasongko took firm action over Saipul Jamil's reappearance on television. The Visinema producer withdrew the plan for the distribution of the film Nusaa and the Cemara Family from the television broadcast of Saipul Jamil.

Saipul Jamil was released on September 2, 2021. The freedom of the man who is familiarly called Bang Ipul was warmly welcomed and received a lively exposure in a luxury car and covered by a number of television stations.

"In response to Saipul Jamil's presence on television in a way that does not respect the victims, we have stopped all discussions of the Nussa and Cemara film distribution agreement with the relevant TV stations because they do not share the same values as our child-friendly work," said Angga via his Twitter account @anggasasongko, Sunday, September 5th.

Responding to the presence of Saiful Jamil on television in a way that does not respect the victim, we have stopped all discussions of the distribution agreement for the film Nussa & Keluarga Cemara with the relevant TV station because it does not share the same values as our child-friendly work.

— Nonton BioskopOnline.Com (@anggasasongko) September 5, 2021

The founder of the production house Visinema stated that the termination of talks on this agreement applies not only to TV stations that have shown films from their production houses. But also other TV stations that will do similar shows.

"This is a shared awareness of the importance of media that respect our children," said Angga.

The notification is intended to support the movement against the celebration of perpetrators of sexual violence against children in the media. Therefore, Angga closed all cooperation opportunities with the TV that gave Saipul Jamil space.

"The termination of talks on this agreement applies not only to TV stations that have already broadcast, but also other TV stations that will later broadcast similar broadcasts," he wrote.

Previously Saipul Jamil also received a petition containing a boycott of himself to appear on the small screen. The petition, which was uploaded online via the change.org site by Lets Talk and Enjoy, is known to be aimed at the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI).

"Don't let ex-convicts of child abuse at an early age (pedophilia) still roam happily in the entertainment world, while their victims continue to feel traumatized," the petition reads, Sunday, September 5.

The petition uploader hopes that KPI can firmly select its shows and also for TV stations to be wise by not giving space to ex-pedophile convicts.

"I really hope that television stations do the same thing by boycotting ex-convicts of molestation at an early age (pedophilia)," the petition stated. To date, the petition has garnered more than 374,000 signatures online.