Tempo sues lawyer for slander
Title -- 3693 INDONESIA: Tempo sues lawyer for slander
Date -- 3 July 2002
Byline -- None
Origin -- Pacific Media Watch
Source -- via John Miller, fbp@igc.org and JoyoNews@aol.com, 3/7/2
Copyright -- The Jakarta Post
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TEMPO SUES LAWYER FOR SLANDER
The Jakarta Post
July 3, 2002
JAKARTA: The weekly news magazine Tempo has countersued lawyer Lucas, saying he damaged the magazine's reputation and obstructed press freedom.
Tempo deputy chief editor Toriq Hadad said on Monday the complaint followed Lucas' statement in its June 30 edition that Tempo reporters were paid to make him look bad.
Tempo's article implied that Lucas was involved in the alleged engineered bankruptcy verdict of insurance company PT AsuransiJiwa Manulife Indonesia.
The lawyer refused to be interviewed despite repeated attempts by Tempo, the article said.
Toriq said: "He denied us access and this obstructed press freedom."
Lucas, who filed a police complaint against the magazine on June 24 for
defamation relating to the allegations, could not be reached for comment.
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