Reprieve for Press Freedom

Just two days before the Central Jakarta District Court handed down its controversial verdict over Tempo magazine’s chief editor, Bambang Harymurti sentencing him to one year in prison on defamation charges, the Jakarta High Court issued a separate verdict in favor of Tempo on appeal.

Chaired by Harifin A. Tumpa, the High Court annulled verdicts handed down by the Central Jakarta District Court and South Jakarta District Court, which had

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