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        "msgid": "year-in-jail-demanded-for-editor-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-09-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Year in jail demanded for editor",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Year in jail demanded for editor JAKARTA: Prosecutors demanded on Wednesday a one-year jail sentence for the executive editor of Rakyat Merdeka daily for insulting President Megawati Soekarnoputri. Chief prosecutor Wahab Arief told the South Jakarta District Court the editor was found guilty of violating Article 134 of the Criminal Code on defamation of the president and vice president, punishable by a maximum six years in jail.",
        "content": "<p>Year in jail demanded for editor<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Prosecutors demanded on Wednesday a one-year jail<br>\nsentence for the executive editor of Rakyat Merdeka daily for<br>\ninsulting President Megawati Soekarnoputri.<\/p>\n<p>Chief prosecutor Wahab Arief told the South Jakarta District<br>\nCourt the editor was found guilty of violating Article 134 of the<br>\nCriminal Code on defamation of the president and vice president,<br>\npunishable by a maximum six years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant, according to prosecutors, was responsible for a<br>\nnumber of articles that had libeled the head of state, including<br>\none titled, \"Mega in the same league as a regent,\" published on<br>\nJan. 4, 2003, \"Mega's mouth smells of diesel fuel,\" on Jan. 6,<br>\n2003, and \"Mega the profiteer,\" on Jan. 8, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab insisted the headlines came from facts collected in the<br>\nfield and were in line with the Press Code of Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced last week the<br>\ndaily's chief editor, Karim Paputungan, to five months in jail,<br>\nsuspended for 10 months, for insulting House of Representatives<br>\nSpeaker Akbar Tandjung. -- Antara<\/p>",
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