THE Supreme Court’s decision ordering Time magazine to apologize to Suharto and compensate him with Rp1 trillion shocked Time’s attorney, Todung Mulya Lubis. Having won in the first and the appeals court, Todung never expected the Supreme Court to invalidate the judges’ arguments in the previous two courts.

According to Todung, Time’s article on Suharto complied with all the principles of journalism. The following is an interview with To