Revocation of of licenses

From Bisnis Indonesia

I am very sad about the revocation of the publishing licenses of the three magazines -- Tempo, Editor and DeTIK. Were their sins so great that they had to face such a heavy punishment? Did their actions really harm the national stability?

We were even proud of them because they provided us with accurate and factual news. This is really unfortunate. What has happened then to their employees and their families? They are not the ones to be blamed.

In fact the chief editors of the magazines concerned should receive the blame. They should be brought to court.

I think this is the right thing to do, if we want to stick to the principles of a lawful country and not to the systems of an authoritarian state.

S. HADIKUSUMO

Jakarta