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        "id": 1330290,
        "msgid": "govt-urges-the-house-to-revise-press-law-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-12-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Govt urges the House to revise press law",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Govt urges the House to revise press law JAKARTA: The government urged the legislature to take the lead in revising Law No.40\/1999 on the press, to avoid mistaken perceptions that the government is trying to restrict press freedom. State Minister for Information and Telecommunications Syamsul Muarif said on Tuesday that there was a growing perception that the authorities were trying to restrict press freedom.",
        "content": "<p>Govt urges the House to revise press law<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: The government urged the legislature to take the lead in<br>\nrevising Law No.40\/1999 on the press, to avoid mistaken<br>\nperceptions that the government is trying to restrict press<br>\nfreedom.<\/p>\n<p>State Minister for Information and Telecommunications Syamsul<br>\nMuarif said on Tuesday that there was a growing perception that<br>\nthe authorities were trying to restrict press freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\"To avoid any wrong perceptions, the House, which represents<br>\nthe people, should take the lead in revising the law,\" he said<br>\nduring a hearing with the House's security and foreign affairs<br>\ncommission on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the government was aware there were many<br>\nloopholes in the existing law regarding the ethics of reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Legislator Joko Susilo said that there was no reason for the<br>\ngovernment to be afraid should there be a real need to revise the<br>\nlaw.--Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/govt-urges-the-house-to-revise-press-law-1447893297",
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