'Tifa' reporters still on strike

'Tifa' reporters still on strike

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Journalists from the local weekly Tifa
continued their strike yesterday. The publication has been closed
since the second week of September.

A journalist from the weekly, Anthon Kelangename, said one of
their demands was the removal of chief editor Bill Retob, whom
they accuse of mismanagement.

Antara reported that the head of the Irian Jaya branch of the
Indonesian Journalist Association, Usman Fakaubun, said that the
strike is an internal dispute. He recommended that it be settled
between the weekly's journalists and management. (mds)