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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...SENTENCED. BAMBANG HARYMURTI, 47, editor-in-chief of the Indonesian daily Tempo; to one year in prison for libel; in Jakarta. The court ruled that the Harvard-educated editor was guilty of "spreading wrongful information" about real estate tycoon Tomy Winata in a March 2003 story. Activists have decried the sentence as a blow to press freedom, criticizing the use of Indonesia's criminal code to prosecute a libel case. "The judges had a golden opportunity to write a new chapter in Indonesian history, but they did not take it," said Harymurti, who remains free pending appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

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