TV station faces police probe

TV station faces police probe

JAKARTA: The Indonesia Broadcasting Commission (KPI) announced
on Tuesday that it would file a report against private TV station
Metro TV with the police, for airing party campaign
advertisements during the cooling-off period.

The KPI claimed that the station had broadcast the campaigns
of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the
National Awakening Party (PKB) on April 3.

"On April 3, Metro TV aired a PDI-P advertisement at 12:10 a.m
and 12:36 a.m. and a PKB advertisement at 00:30," KPI chairman
Bimo Nugroho said, adding that the advertisements had run for 30
seconds each.

The commission also found that the TV station had aired a
running text on PDI-P for seven seconds at 12:29 and 12:39.

Bimo said KPI and the Election Supervisory Committee
(Panwaslu) would file reports with the National Police on
Wednesday.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) banned campaigning
during the cooling-off period from April 2 to April 4. -- JP