Tempo, PPM to seek amicable settlement

Thu, 28 Oct 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The Pemuda Panca Marga (PPM) youth organization has
agreed to try to settle its latest legal dispute with Tempo
magazine out of court.

PPM lawyer Abdul Salam and Tempo lawyer Misbachudin said
during a hearing on Wednesday at the Central Jakarta District
Court that their clients had agreed to adjourn the trial until
Nov. 11 for mediation.

The PPM filed a lawsuit against Tempo earlier this month,
accusing the magazine of libeling the group in its June 2003
edition. The organization demanded Rp 10.5 billion (US$1.15
million) in punitive damages.

The group previously filed a Rp 250 billion suit against
Tempo. That lawsuit was thrown out by the court, which found the
complaint "vague". --JP

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