Indonesia council calls for press freedom after presidential office revokes reporter's access


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  • Monday, 29 Sep 2025

Students receive treatments for food poisoning after eating government-sponsored free school meals, at a makeshift clinic inside a district's hall in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's main press council called for press freedom and urged President Prabowo Subianto's palace to restore reporting access for a CNN Indonesia journalist who had her credentials revoked after asking him about a troubled free meal programme.

Titin Rosmasari, editor in chief of local outlet CNN Indonesia, which licenses the CNN Brand, told Reuters on Monday that the palace revoked the reporter's access on Saturday night, urging the palace to explain its reasoning.

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