(Photo: Reuters)JAKARTA - An Indonesian comedian who became the first from his country ‌to have a special on ​Netflix was called in for questioning on Friday after police said they had received complaints that some of the material in the show was insulting and blasphemous. Pandji Pragiwaksono came out of police headquarters on Friday evening ‌about seven hours after going in. Pragiwaksono’s show appeared on Netflix on December 27 and included barbed comments on Indonesian politics, including the 2024 election. Pragiwaksono also criticised Indonesia’s two largest Muslim organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, for receiving a mining concession ‌from ‍the government when Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, was still president. Some have accused the comedian of insulting religious entities and state institutions, while democracy activists have defended him.

Source: Bangkok Post February 06, 2026 22:20 UTC