Newspaper accused of bias in articles

PALU; Central Sulawesi: Some 100 youths staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the office of a local newspaper in Palu, Radar Sulteng, condemning the newspaper for running biased articles.

The youths, grouped under the Indonesian Youth National Committee (KNPI), complained that the newspaper had run three articles that suggesting the KNPI had intervened in and impeded the police's investigation of an alleged corruption case, involving 16 local councillors.

However, the newspaper published the response of an executive of the KNPI in just one article, said protest coordinator Suray Kumar. -- JP