- Rakyat Merdeka
"Rakyat Merdeka" ("Free People") is an
Indonesia n dailytabloid newspaper, owned by the country’s largest media group "Jawa Pos ". The newspaper has gained prominence as a result of its controversial headlines and its "gritty, often abrasive, style" [http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa210442003 Discussion of censorship] byAmnesty International ] , with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment.Controversy
In September 2003, "Rakyat Merdeka"’s former chief editor Karim Paputungan was sentenced by the
Central Jakarta District Court to five months in jail, suspended for 10 months, for insulting the speaker of the DPR,Akbar Tandjung . In a separate case, Suparatkam, another editor, was given a suspended six-month jail sentence and a one-year probation, after being found guilty by a Jakarta court for "spreading hatred" after he published headlines critical of the Indonesian government and then PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri [http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/91886/1/4591 Worldwide Drive Against Indonesia's Press Curbs] , Rakesh K. Simha, "OneWorld South Asia",16 August 2004] .On
27 March 2006, the newspaper published a front pageeditorial cartoon depicting theAustralian Prime and Foreign Ministers asdingo s.References
ee also
*Rakyat Merdeka cartoon controversy
External links
*id icon [http://www.rakyatmerdeka.co.id/ Official website]
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