Loosening Criticism Curb
The Electronic Information and Transactions Law is being used to indict people for making public criticisms. The President asked his administration to study options for revising the law, not long after some criticisms of the government were made. There is more support to issue directives on interpreting the law rather than revising it.
Raymundus Rikang
March 1, 2021
TWICE a week, Stella Monica, 25, goes to the headquarters of the East Java Police Department. She has been a suspect in a defamation case since October 5, 2020. Rather than face trial, she has been obligated to report in every Monday and Thursday. “I am afraid I could be detained any time I have to report in,” she said when contacted on Wednesday, February 24.
In December 2019, Stella gave an account of her experience after stopping
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