Danang completes jail term<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Danang Kukuh Wardoyo, an office worker of the
\nunlicensed Independen magazine, regained his freedom yesterday
\nafter completing 20 months in prison.<\/p>\n
"Strangely enough, I felt a tinge of sadness when I walked out
\nof the Tangerang penitentiary, leaving behind the routine that
\nseemed like eternity," Danang said yesterday at a small
\ncelebration thrown by colleagues for him at Tempo Cafe.<\/p>\n
His first priority is now to go to his home village in Pare,
\nKediri regency in East Java, to see his parents, he said. "They
\nknow I am not guilty of any shameful acts."<\/p>\n
Danang is one of three Independen staff convicted for their
\nroles in producing and distributing copies of Independen last
\nyear. They were all found guilty of sowing hatred against the
\ngovernment through the magazine. The other two were journalists
\nAhmad Taufik and Eko Maryadi, each currently serving a three-year
\njail term.<\/p>\n
Danang spent the last 20 months in four different places: a
\ncell at Jakarta Police Headquarters, and in penitentiaries at
\nPondok Bambu, Salemba and Tangerang.<\/p>\n
The magazine was published by the Alliance of Independent
\nJournalists (AJI) which was established in 1994 after the banning
\nof three Indonesian newsweeklies Tempo, DeTik and Editor.<\/p>\n
AJI leaders said they were looking for a scholarship for
\nDanang whose detention has prevented him from going to
\nuniversity.<\/p>\n
"We feel that it is our responsibility to look for a
\nscholarship because he went to jail for our cause," an AJI member
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Former Tempo editor Fikri Jufri, who was present at the
\nhomecoming ceremony, congratulated Danang for having passed "one
\nof life's difficult exams." (14)<\/p>",
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