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A Cruel Sentence in Tanjung Karang

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

For the first time in this era of reformasi a journalist will go to jail. Has freedom of the press reached its limit?

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The press in Indonesia is being thrown back to 1931. Thats the year when the Dutch colonial government enacted the Persbreidel Ordonantie and Haatzaai Artikelen legal instruments used to paralyze the press and journalists. Last Wednesday, the Tanjung Karang District Court sentenced two journalists from the tabloid Koridor to jail for a period of nine months. So, what is the difference between the years 2005 and 1931-36, when the Dutch oppressor

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