Three journalists beaten up<\/p>\n
BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Three journalists have been beaten up by
\ntwo unidentified men, believed to have been hired by a local
\nbusinessman wanting to kill one of the reporters, a press report
\nsaid yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Antara news agency reported that the journalists were
\nSyafrudin Siregar of the Lampung Post daily, Amir Syarif of the
\nPadang-based Canang magazine and Gafar Uyub of the Jakarta
\nSwadesi weekly.<\/p>\n
The incident happened on Tuesday in the journalists' hotel
\nroom when two men entered the room and attacked Amir. Siregar and
\nGafar, who were trying to intervene, were also attacked with a
\nbamboo stick.<\/p>\n
Amir said the attackers -- Sol and Ar -- were accomplices of
\nHN, alias Ka. Amir said he believed the assault had to do with
\nCanang's report on an incident in which businessmen HN physically
\nattack a Lampung Post reporter.<\/p>\n
\"The businessman is obviously enraged by the report,\" Amir
\nsaid. (pan)<\/p>",
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