Acquitted on Press Day
The Supreme Court has exonerated Bambang Harymurti from defamation charges.
February 14, 2006
LAST Thursday was a busy day for Tempos chief editor, Bambang Harymurti. Harymurti spent the whole day receiving phone calls of congratulations on his favorable Supreme Court (MA) verdict. Earlier that day, the MA overruled a Central Jakarta District Court verdict and Jakarta High Court verdict sentencing Harymurti to one year in prison on defamation charges. I found out about the verdict from a reporter, who called me to ask for my comments [on
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