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Man with 107 wives jailed JAKARTA – A 74-year-old Indonesian with 107 wives has reportedly been jailed for beating one of them in front of three others – because he suspected she had been unfaithful.

The victim recounted the crime to police on Muslim-majority Indonesia’s main island of Java, the Koran Tempo newspaper said. A local police chief was quoted as saying that the husband, Abdurahman, was guilty of torturing Tariah, his second wife.Islam permits up to four wives and polygamy is thought to be widespread in Indonesia.Only four of Abdurahman’s wives were still living with him.He said he had 41 children and ‘countless grandchildren’, according to the newspaper.* Lap dance ad ‘too provocative’ CAPE TOWN – A Mavericks billboard showing a scantily clad woman performing a lap dance has been given the thumbs-down by the Advertising Standards Authority.The ASA ruling followed a complaint by a Cape Town woman, Jeanne-Marie Webb, about the billboard, which was located at the Koeberg interchange in the city.According to the ASA, it showed a woman dressed in lingerie, straddled across a man during a lap dance.Two more men were watching and laughing.The payoff line read: “A true gentlemen delights in the fortune of his fellows.”Although the advertisement has been removed since the complaint, strip club Mavericks told the ASA it intended to use it on a billboard again.The directorate said it had asked for an opinion from child psychiatrist Dr Lynda Albertyn, who noted there was increasing evidence that children’s exposure to sexual or pornographic images turned them into sexual predators.* Divorce over April 1 prank SHANGHAI – A Chinese man is divorcing his wife after she pretended to hang herself as an April Fool’s joke.It happened when Lin, of Shanghai, came home on April 1 after a business trip, reports the Shanghai Evening Post.”When I opened the door, I saw a black object swinging in the air.When I turned on the light I was shocked to see my wife had hanged herself,” he said.Lin immediately called police and the property office.Office staff helped Lin take down the ‘body’ while waiting for the police.”Suddenly, she sat up, started to laugh hysterically, and said this was my April Fool’s Day present,” says Lin angrily.His wife, Han, a 26-year-old actress, is always playing jokes on Lin as a way of keeping the marriage fresh.She says: “I just try to surprise him every day.”But Lin has had enough: “I feel as if I’m sitting on a bomb every day.We’re getting divorced! “I can’t stand the jokes and games anymore.She hides the dishes in the washing machine, or changes the lock on the door, so that I can only enter by giving the correct answer to some stupid questions, and so on.”Nampa-AFP-Sapa-AP- Ananova.comA local police chief was quoted as saying that the husband, Abdurahman, was guilty of torturing Tariah, his second wife.Islam permits up to four wives and polygamy is thought to be widespread in Indonesia.Only four of Abdurahman’s wives were still living with him.He said he had 41 children and ‘countless grandchildren’, according to the newspaper. * Lap dance ad ‘too provocative’ CAPE TOWN – A Mavericks billboard showing a scantily clad woman performing a lap dance has been given the thumbs-down by the Advertising Standards Authority.The ASA ruling followed a complaint by a Cape Town woman, Jeanne-Marie Webb, about the billboard, which was located at the Koeberg interchange in the city.According to the ASA, it showed a woman dressed in lingerie, straddled across a man during a lap dance.Two more men were watching and laughing.The payoff line read: “A true gentlemen delights in the fortune of his fellows.”Although the advertisement has been removed since the complaint, strip club Mavericks told the ASA it intended to use it on a billboard again.The directorate said it had asked for an opinion from child psychiatrist Dr Lynda Albertyn, who noted there was increasing evidence that children’s exposure to sexual or pornographic images turned them into sexual predators.* Divorce over April 1 prank SHANGHAI – A Chinese man is divorcing his wife after she pretended to hang herself as an April Fool’s joke.It happened when Lin, of Shanghai, came home on April 1 after a business trip, reports the Shanghai Evening Post.”When I opened the door, I saw a black object swinging in the air.When I turned on the light I was shocked to see my wife had hanged herself,” he said.Lin immediately called police and the property office.Office staff helped Lin take down the ‘body’ while waiting for the police.”Suddenly, she sat up, started to laugh hysterically, and said this was my April Fool’s Day present,” says Lin angrily.His wife, Han, a 26-year-old actress, is always playing jokes on Lin as a way of keeping the marriage fresh.She says: “I just try to surprise him every day.”But Lin has had enough: “I feel as if I’m sitting on a bomb every day.We’re getting divorced! “I can’t stand the jokes and games anymore.She hides the dishes in the washing machine, or changes the lock on the door, so that I can only enter by giving the correct answer to some stupid questions, and so on.”Nampa-AFP-Sapa-AP- Ananova.com