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        "id": 1354062,
        "msgid": "more-hearings-on-info-bill-sought-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-05-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "More hearings on info bill sought",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "More hearings on info bill sought JAKARTA: Legislators with the special committee deliberating the freedom of information bill have invited media figures and state intelligence officials to attend hearings to collect more input on the bill. Paulus Widiyanto, the chairman of the special committee, said on Thursday that the hearings were needed to make the bill acceptable to the public.",
        "content": "<p>More hearings on info bill sought<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Legislators with the special committee deliberating<br>\nthe freedom of information bill have invited media figures and<br>\nstate intelligence officials to attend hearings to collect more<br>\ninput on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Paulus Widiyanto, the chairman of the special committee, said<br>\non Thursday that the hearings were needed to make the bill<br>\nacceptable to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after a closed-door meeting, Paulus of the Indonesian<br>\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said that the<br>\nhearing with media figures had been set for May 13 and May 14<br>\nwith the intelligence officials.<\/p>\n<p>President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who chairs PDI Perjuangan,<br>\nrecently demanded that officials who leaked state secrets be<br>\ndismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Many perceive the statement as the President's reluctance to<br>\nallow public access to information.<\/p>\n<p>PDI Perjuangan has 153 seats at the 500-member House. -- JP<\/p>",
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