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