Lawsuit filed against councillor

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Beni Jahang, a journalist who was recently intimidated and assaulted by a local councillor, filed suit with the police on Thursday against the councillor.

In the lawsuit, JO, a councillor from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), was accused of having assaulted Beni, a journalist from Pos Kupang.

JO grabbed Beni by the neck on the sidelines of a meeting at East Nusa Tenggara provincial council, after JO accused the journalist of writing a story that tarnished the councillor's image. -- JP