Magazine article has Hercules seeing red

Magazine article has Hercules seeing red

JAKARTA: An alleged gang leader in Tanah Abang, Central
Jakarta, went to the Cilandak, South Jakarta, office of Matra
magazine on Wednesday to demand an apology for what he said was
an unflattering portrayal of him in one of the magazine's
articles.

Hercules, accompanied by lawyer Gusti Randa and some 200
members of the Betawi Communication Forum, said he objected to an
article titled Recent Tales of Tanah Abang that ran in Matra No.
217 in early August.

"He said he objected to the article for depicting him as a
thug whose physical appearance was not as fierce as his name,"
Arman Suleman, Matra's executive editor, said.

Hercules demanded the magazine run a public apology in 10
print media outlets and pay him Rp 2 (US$222,000) billion in
damages. -- Antara