Opportunity Knocks

The AJI won its lawsuit against the police, which the court ruled, allowed violence against TEMPO journalists. What are the consequences?

October 14, 2003

Tigor Nainggolan did not stop smiling, although the proceedings of the lawsuit filed by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) against the Indonesian Police Chief have yet to convene. The lawyer, representing the head of the Jakarta chapter of the AJI, Rommy Fibri, was bursting with confidence. Well win today, said Tigor at the Central Jakarta District Court last Monday.

His confidence proved correct. The panel of judges, led by Iskandar T

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