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April 12th, 2006

Sad idea of a practical joke…

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Uncategorized

A maid posed in her underwear for seductive pictures which her female employer promised would appear in the Indonesian version of Playboy, but complained after she didn’t get paid. It was a joke by the employer, but the maid took it seriously,” said the agency where she took her complaint. Some joke. Read the story here:

Meanwhile, the magazine, introduced in Indonesia just days ago, is having its own troubles. About 300 hardline Indonesian Muslims vandalised a building housing its offices, in a protest against its publication in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Read that story here:

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Street vendor sells first copies of a local version of Playboy magazine in Jakarta April 7, 2006. REUTERS/Supri

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