Man disrupts court session

Man disrupts court session

JAKARTA: A man claiming to be a supporter of businessman Tomy
Winata disrupted the hearing of a defamation suit filed by Tomy
against senior Tempo journalist Goenawan Mohamad at the East
Jakarta District Court on Wednesday.

Only seconds after presiding judge Zainal Abidin Sangaji
started the hearing, the man, identified as Abdul Gani,
approached the defense team and said the magazine had run
libelous articles aimed at tarnishing the businessman's image.

"Your client has done wrong to Tomy Winata. Don't you know
that he had done a lot of good things to poor people," he shouted
at the defense team while banging on the desk.

The man then turned to the panel of judges, screaming "the
trial is unfair."

The presiding judge called a security officer, after 10
minutes of the man's protest, who then forcefully led the man out
of the courtroom.

The plaintiff's lawyer Erman Umar, who submitted evidence in
today's trial, said he did not know Gani and Tomy had nothing to
do with the incident.

The trial was adjourned to Oct. 29 to give the plaintiff's
lawyers time to complete their evidence. -- JP