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'Tempo' loses legal battle to RAPP

by renovatio | July 9, 2008 at 11:16 pm | 100 views | add comment

'Tempo' loses legal battle to RAPP

Money talks, it's all about the money....

In what was called a "grave for press freedom" in Indonesia, a court here ruled Thursday in favor of a pulp and paper firm in a long-standing dispute with Koran Tempo daily newspaper.

The South Jakarta District Court ordered the newspaper to pay Rp 220.3 million (US$24,000) to PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) and publish apologies to the company in major national media.

Prosecutors had demanded the newspaper pay Rp 1.5 billion in material and immaterial damages.

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July 9, 2008 at 11:16 pm by renovatio, 100 views, add comment

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