Journalists Associations Disagree Over Use of ITE Law Against Luna Maya For Twitter Outburst
December 21, 2009
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348516PWI = Omni ?
Being whiny about something that they should be thinking about..
Grow up please !
The PWI are an utter disgrace to their profession and must be totally stupid not to realise the total hypocrisy of their actions here. Maybe they'll sue me for saying this here. Idiots.
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Media associations have gone head to head over a move by the Indonesian Journalists Association to use the controversial Electronic Transaction and Information Law to file a complaint against actress Luna Maya for an outburst on Twitter.
Last week, Luna wrote a Twitter message where she compared entertainment reporters to prostitutes and murders.
The Alliance for Independent Journalists (AJI) condemned the move by the association, known as PWI, because journalists have previously rallied against the law, stating that it contradicts freedom of speech.
“We regret that the PWI has reported Luna using the Electronic Transaction and Information Law (known as the ITE Law) because as journalists we once filed a judicial review to the Constitutional Court (against the law). The ITE Law is a form of banning freedom of expression,” Margiyono, the AJI’s general secretary, told detik.com
“Let’s settle it peacefully. We are not encouraging the use of the ITE Law in this case,” Margiyono said.
He added that the AJI and Arswendo Atmowiloto, a prominent senior journalist and author, were willing to act as mediators between Luna Maya and the PWI.
Luna Maya was reported to the police by PWI for defamation and violation of the ITE Law for her statement on the microblogging site Twitter last week.
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