Mohammad Yunus Yosfiah: "No country has ever been ruined by freedom of the press"
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
At the start of the reformasi era, one development which immediately benefitted the people was freedom of the press. As such, the role of the former Information Minister, Mohammad Yunus Yosfiah, should be written down in gold. He freed the media by changing the once powerful, publication permit to publish (SIUPP) to a piece a paper with no authority.
Despite his military background, privately Yunus is committed to freedom of the press. T
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