ON Wednesday, November 19, dozens of visitors crowded into the Central Jakarta District Court to watch trial over Marimutu Sinivasan's lawsuit against TEMPO magazine. Silvester Djuma patiently read out the presiding judicial panel's summation to the bustling crowd of onlookers. The judicial panel of the court rejected Texmaco boss Marimutu Sinivasan's lawsuit.

Sinivasan filed the lawsuit six months ago against TEMPO on charges of defamation.