Harmoko abset at court<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko and his lawyers
\nfailed to turn up at the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday
\nwhere a hearing over the lawsuit filed against him by 39
\nemployees of Tempo was to be heard.<\/p>\n
Presiding Judge Leo Hutagalung, at the request of a
\nrepresentative of the minister, agreed to adjourn the hearing for
\n10 days to allow Harmoko and his lawyers prepare his defense.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs are demanding that the court order the minister
\npay them Rp 936 million (US426,423.7) in compensation for two
\nyears of unemployment, the expected duration of the case. They
\nalso asked to have their \"immaterial\" losses covered.<\/p>\n
The suit filed last month is one of several filed against the
\nminister, who has the authority to revoke the license of any
\npress publisher.<\/p>\n
Another suit filed with the same court was presented by a
\ngroup of 972 Tempo subscribers, two other banned journals and 121
\njournalists.<\/p>\n
Harmoko is also having to deal with two lawsuits at the
\nJakarta State Administrative Court, one filed by former Tempo
\ndirector Goenawan Mohamad and another by a group of employees.
\nThe suits demanded that the court reverse the minister's decision
\nto revoke Tempo's license last June. (imn)<\/p>",
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