The ruling of the Central Jakarta District Court which sentenced Tempo Chief Editor Bambang Harymurti to a one year sentence evoked reactions from various people. The Indonesian Press Council chairman, Ichlasul Amal, for instance, said that the ruling went contrary to the spirit of reform. According to the former rector of Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, one of the aims of reformasi is to enable press freedom and freedom of expres