After the recent release of the controversial documentary trailer of Cowboys in Paradise, another risque movie filmed in Kuta has been posted on the Internet.

Titled Koreana, the 22-minute film shows an uncensored oral sex scene between an Indonesian woman and a foreign man on a balcony of a hotel located on Jl. Pantai Kuta.

The film begins with shots of tourists strolling along Kuta Beach as well as a surfing competition.
The following scenes feature the woman drinking beer at the beach, before it moves to the hotel where the sexually explicit scene takes place.

Authorities on the resort island were quick to respond to the film, which is being circulated on the Internet, with the police probing the case and the Balinese Hindu community calling for calm.

Bali Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Gde Sugianyar, said Thursday the film was allegedly shot in 2003, but had only been distributed following the release of Cowboys in Paradise. 

"We are investigating this case. We are tracking down who released this film on the Internet and distributed the DVD's," Sugianyar said.

He said the film appeared to be shot by an amateur filmmaker for private viewing, but was then made public. 

Head of the Bali Cultural Agency Ida Bagus Sedhawa, said the film was being distributed illegally.

"Of course there is no permit allowing the film to be distributed. If the filmmaker asked for a permit, it would not be approved," he said. 

According to the 1992 Film Industry Law, a filmmaker must obtain an official permit from a related institution to release a film. 

In Bali, that authority falls to the Bali Film Board.

The agency consists of officials from the cultural agency, the police, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission, the regional office of the Religious Affairs Ministry and several other related institutions.

A filmmaker can be sentenced to one year in prison and fined Rp 40 million if caught distributing a film without a permit. 

However, Sedhawa said, it was difficult for the agency to strictly ensure the regulation was upheld amid rapid technological development.  

"It's difficult for us to supervise. Now people can simply use a mobile phone to watch a video recording," he said.

Head of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that such films were made to tarnish the image of Bali as a religious island.

He called on the Balinese people not to be easily provoked by the irresponsible parties that distributed such films.

"I ask the Balinese people to safeguard this island from irresponsible acts.

"Don't be easily provoked," said Sudiana.  Sudiana asked the police to impose strict measures against filmmakers who were deemed to tarnish Bali's image.

Ni Komang Erviani and Desy Nurhayati, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar