Hamzah wants media 'controlled'

Hamzah wants media 'controlled'

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Presidential candidate Hamzah
Haz said on Tuesday that if elected president he would bring back
the controversial ministry of information to control the media.

He said the media should not be given unlimited freedom
because that led to stories that were harmful to the nation.

There is currently an Office of the State Minister for
Communications and Information. However, unlike the former
ministry of information the state minister's office does not have
the power to issue and revoke publication licenses.

This power over licenses was used by the ministry during the
New Order to control the media. -- Antara