Ex-producer sues 'SCTV'<\/p>\n
Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A former producer with private television station SCTV, Dandhy
\nDwi Laksono, filed a lawsuit against the station on Monday at the
\nSouth Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
Dandhy has sued the channel for his dismissal and for
\nhindering his duties as a journalist. The plaintiff demanded that
\nthe station apologize publicly in 16 national print and
\nelectronic media and pay Rp 4.3 billion (US$505,882) for material
\nand immaterial losses.<\/p>\n
The accused are SCTV President Director Lani Ratulangie
\nRahardja, Chief Editor Karni Ilyas and Senior Manager R.
\nNurjaman.<\/p>\n
Dandhy became the station's morning news producer under a six-
\nmonth contract from Nov. 25, 2002 to May 24, 2003.<\/p>\n
\"After the contractual period ended, they didn't confirm if I
\nwas accepted as a permanent employee or not. They sent me to Aceh
\nafter the imposition of martial law and appointed me the producer
\nof special reports on Aceh,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Dandhy assumed that his dismissal might have been triggered by
\nhis first report on Aceh broadcasted on May 21, featuring a
\nstatement from an Acehnese who claimed to have been beaten and
\ntortured by the Indonesian Military (TNI), because he was
\nsuspected of being a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) member.<\/p>\n
Later, Dandhy received news from Jakarta that \"military
\nofficials were angry with the report\".<\/p>\n
\"I met with Nurjaman on June 13 and he told me that the
\nstation had decided not to employ me any longer because I did not
\nmeet their standards, and that I was not suitable to be
\njournalist.\"<\/p>\n
He said he had not yet received any formal written notice
\nabout his dismissal from the station. He said he would forget the
\ncompensation if SCTV publicly apologized and rehired him as
\nproducer.<\/p>\n
Nurjaman refused to make any comment when the Post contacted
\nhim.<\/p>\n
Earlier in June, Nurjaman had said Dandhy's contract was only
\nextended for two months until June 14. He said Dandhy had
\nrejected SCTV's extension offer and quit the station.<\/p>",
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