Journalists protest colleagues' jail term

Journalists protest colleagues' jail term

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Hundreds of journalists and activists
rallied here on Monday to protest the use of Criminal Code to
imprison two local tabloid editors for defamation recently.

On May 4, the Bandarlampung District Court sentenced Koridor
chief editor Darwin Ruslinur and managing editor Budiono
Syahputro to nine months in jail and ordered their immediate
imprisonment after finding them guilty of defaming local Golkar
Party leader Alzier Dianis Thabranie.

However, Lampung High Court chief Rapotan Harahap ordered the
district court on Thursday to delay the imprisonment of the
editors, pending a legally binding decision handed down by the
Supreme Court. -- JP