Magazine patron

Magazine patron
resigns

SEMARANG, Central Java: Patron of the Vokal student magazine,
Karseno, decided to resign yesterday in protest of the inclusion
of an interview with novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer.

"I resign as the patron of the magazine because it has been
too daring and violated the existing regulations," he said.

Karseno, chairman of the IKIP PGRI teacher's college
foundation here, said that his resignation letter had been sent
to the magazine editorial department and the rector of the
college which publishes the publication.

Vokal Editor-in-Chief Nurul Qoiriyah said that the resignation
would not affect the publication of the magazine.

Pramoedya is a writer associated with the banned Indonesian
Communist Party (PKI) for his participation in the party's
cultural organization in the 60s. (har)