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        "id": 1362184,
        "msgid": "akbar-defamation-case-adjourned-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-04-11 00:00:00",
        "title": "Akbar defamation case adjourned",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Akbar defamation case adjourned JAKARTA: House of Representative Speaker Akbar Tandjung could not testify against the chief editor of the Rakyat Merdeka daily newspaper, Karim Paputungan, as the defendant was sick Thursday. Presiding Judge Asnahwati adjourned the hearing for a week after Karim's lawyers walked out of the courtroom. After the hearing, Akbar, who looked upset, blamed prosecutor Soepomo for the delay. He said he had wasted time set aside for the hearing.",
        "content": "<p>Akbar defamation case adjourned<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: House of Representative Speaker Akbar Tandjung could<br>\nnot testify against the chief editor of the Rakyat Merdeka daily<br>\nnewspaper, Karim Paputungan, as the defendant was sick Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding Judge Asnahwati adjourned the hearing for a week<br>\nafter Karim's lawyers walked out of the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>After the hearing, Akbar, who looked upset, blamed prosecutor<br>\nSoepomo for the delay. He said he had wasted time set aside for<br>\nthe hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Golkar Party chairman was accompanied by dozens of the<br>\nparty members.<\/p>\n<p>Akbar, who was recently sentenced to three years in jail for<br>\ncorruption by the Central Jakarta District Court, reported Karim<br>\nto police for defamation after the daily published a caricature<br>\nfeaturing a shirtless Akbar with a glaring heading: \"Akbar is<br>\ndoomed, Golkar cries for blood\" early last year.<\/p>\n<p>Defamation carries a maximum jail sentence of one year and<br>\nfour months. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/akbar-defamation-case-adjourned-1447893297",
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