Media boycott PDI-P news

Media boycott PDI-P news

BANDUNG: Journalists in the Bandung Journalists Solidarity
group have agreed to boycott all news concerning the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) following the
alleged torture of a reporter from Pikiran Rakyat daily by the
party's security guards in Purwakarta.

The decision was made on Wednesday after some 200 journalists
failed to get clarification from the party's faction at the
provincial legislative council.

The reporters, who represent the printed and electronic media,
said they were disappointed with the beating of Nuryaman, which
they called "an arbitrary action".

Enton Supriyatna, the group's coordinator, said the incident
reflected PDI Perjuangan's liking for "street justice".

"This (the incident) indicates that PDI Perjuangan is not a
big and good political party."

Two days after the beating, no PDI Perjuangan officials had
come to Pikiran Rakyat daily to apologize.

Nuryaman was allegedly assaulted while reporting an internal
spat between two groups of the party's followers in Purwakarta on
Monday.

Pikiran Rakyat chief editor H. AM. Ruslan has said his office
would sue the party's security guards for arresting and beating
up his reporter. (25/sur)