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The prosecution has demanded that a two-year jail sentence for TEMPO's chief editor be carried out immediatelyan abuse of the Press Law by the prosecutor's office, a government institution that has sworn to defend the interest of the public.
July 27, 2004
HISTORY seems to be repeating itself, as is muzzling the press in this country. This was evident in the Central Jakarta District Court last Monday when prosecutor Bastian Hutabarat demanded that TEMPO editor in chief, Bambang Harymurti be sentenced to two years in jail with immediate detention. The prosecution concluded that Harymurti was found to have violated Article XIV, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Law No. 1/1946 by publishing false re
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