JAKARTA: A court here found a newspaper editor guilty yesterday of publishing material insulting Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and sentenced him to a suspended six-month jail term and one-year probation.
The case stemmed from stories in Rakyat Merdeka (Free People), a popular tabloid-style newspaper. Among other items at issue was a page-one article that carried a personal comment about Megawati after she raised fuel prices early this year.
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