Australian Papers Sued for $1 Billion Over WikiLeaks Claims
Jakarta Globe | March 15, 2011
The Age on Friday published a story titled "Yudhoyono 'Abused Power.'" The article, based on Wikileaks cables, makes serious allegations against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and a number of other state officials, including former Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Related articles
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They know - they can just see 10%
It's great to see that the Federation of National Enterprise United Workers Union is suing the well-established newspaper agencies. Let's hope they will really dish out the truth once and for all for the world to see. I think the first lady will need plenty of tissue within reach, although my hunch tells me the case will be conveniently dropped.
“The US government must apologize for leaking cables that have hurt the Indonesian people,” a demonstrator said.
Sigh...if only they knew ...the cables had nothing to do with hurting the Indonesian people.
Not 2 months ago, 8000 protested against corruption outside the president's palace.
Good move.
Wikileaks might (supposing the cables are genuine) show what some US officials think, feel, or want to report to Washington. Nothing else, nothing more.
The papers using the cables and presenting their content as facts are unprofessional, unethical and therefore misleading the public.
Unless obviously we consider that the US embassy staff is almighty.... But looking at the quality of embassies staff around, I do have some doubts there.
Lev
Are they sure the 60 people were an actual rally? Sounds more like visa applicants waiting for taxi's to me ha ha ha....
Two Australian newspapers are being sued for publishing articles based on leaked US cables that allege President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and a number of state officials had misused their authority.
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald are being sued by officials from the Federation of National Enterprise United Workers Union over the article titled “Yudhoyono ‘Abused Power,’” which was published on Friday.
The civil lawsuit was filed at the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday on behalf of Tri Sasono, Sunardi, Ahmad Surono and Suparto.
“The accusation has ruined the pride of a nation because what they have done has given [Indonesia] a reputation of a corrupt country,” said the plaintiffs’ lawyer Habiburokhman, as quoted by news portal tempointeraktif.com.
The plaintiffs accuse the newspaper of not following adequate checks and balances. They have called for both the owner of the newspapers, Fairfax Media, and the US Embassy to apologize to the Indonesian people and demanded the apology take up a full page in both newspapers over three consecutive days.
The plaintiffs have also demanded that the newspapers pay $1 billion in damages.
Meanwhile, around 60 people rallied in front of the US Embassy at Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan on Tuesday over the leaked diplomatic cables cited in the article.
“The US government must apologize for leaking cables that have hurt the Indonesian people,” a demonstrator said.
They brought copies of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, tearing them apart before throwing throwing them in a bin with “Junk Newspapers” written on it.
The demonstration only lasted 40 minutes before police dispersed the group.
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