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From Kompas

With reference to the letter written by Dr. St Suwarsono from
Yogyakarta (Kompas, Dec. 20, 1996) I would like to clarify the
matter as follows:

1. It is true that I sent my article about Human Rights and
Asian values to two media: The Jakarta Post and Kompas. I had
informed the two publications earlier and asked for their
approval. Both newspapers did not have any objections.

2. This was not the first time I did such a thing. Recently, I
sent an article to the Post, which they published. The Indonesian
version of the same article was also published in D&R. My
rationale for doing so was that if I write to the Post, I usually
get a reaction from foreign friends, both at home and abroad.
However, many people, mainly students, will not get the chance to
read the article unless it is also published by local papers,
such as Kompas.

For that purpose, I asked the Post's permission to allow me to
send the Indonesian version of my article to an Indonesian
newspaper so that it could be read by my Indonesian friends,
informing the latter paper that I had sent the English version of
the article to the former.

Hopefully, this should clarify the case, and thank you for
your attention.

ARIEF BUDIMAN

Salatiga, Central Java