Tough Sentences
The sentences sought by the prosecutor for two TEMPO journalists turn out to be identical to the one given to their chief editor. How did those sentences originate?
August 3, 2004
IN court last week, Prosecutor Bastian Hutabarat called on the court to sentence TEMPO journalists Ahmad Taufik and Teuku Iskandar Ali to two years in prison on defamation charges. Strangely, the indictments against both Taufik and Iskandar were identical to that made against TEMPO magazine's chief editor, Bambang Harymurti. The prosecution further demanded that all three defendants immediately be detained if they were found guilty of the char
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