Probation for the Press
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Public figures should not mind being criticized. If the media goes out of line, recourse can be taken through the Press Lawnot the Criminal Code.
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DUE to a cartoon of Akbar Tandjung, Golkar chairman and House of Representatives (DPR) speaker, in his newspaper, chief editor Karim Paputungan was recently sentenced by court to a jail term. The cartoon was considered to be an insult. Akbar, then on trial for corruption charges in the Bulog scandal, is depicted as a sad-looking, bare-chested perspiring man in a cartoon with the commentary, Akbar Finished, Golkar Sheds Bloody Tears. Cartoons are
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