Rakyat Merdeka (The Free People) is an Indonesian daily newspaper owned by the country's largest media group Jawa Pos. The newspaper has gained prominence as a result of its controversial headlines and its "gritty, often abrasive, style",[2] with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment.
In September 2003, Rakyat Merdeka’s former chief editor Karim Paputungan was sentenced by the Central Jakarta District Court to five months in jail, suspended for 10 months, for insulting the speaker of the DPR, Akbar Tandjung. In a separate case, Suparatkam, another editor, was given a suspended six-month jail sentence and a one-year probation, after being found guilty by a Jakarta court for "spreading hatred" after he published headlines critical of the Indonesian government and then President Megawati Sukarnoputri.[3]
rakyat, merdeka, this, article, lend, undue, weight, certain, ideas, incidents, controversies, please, help, improve, rewriting, balanced, fashion, that, contextualizes, different, points, view, october, 2016, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, free. This article may lend undue weight to certain ideas incidents or controversies Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rakyat Merdeka The Free People is an Indonesian daily newspaper owned by the country s largest media group Jawa Pos The newspaper has gained prominence as a result of its controversial headlines and its gritty often abrasive style 2 with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment Rakyat MerdekaThe Political News LeaderTypeDaily newspaperOwner s Jawa Pos GroupFoundedApril 1997 1 Political alignmentSecularLanguageIndonesianCityJakartaCountryIndonesiaWebsitehttps rm id Media of IndonesiaList of newspapers Contents 1 Controversy 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksControversy editIn September 2003 Rakyat Merdeka s former chief editor Karim Paputungan was sentenced by the Central Jakarta District Court to five months in jail suspended for 10 months for insulting the speaker of the DPR Akbar Tandjung In a separate case Suparatkam another editor was given a suspended six month jail sentence and a one year probation after being found guilty by a Jakarta court for spreading hatred after he published headlines critical of the Indonesian government and then President Megawati Sukarnoputri 3 On 27 March 2006 the newspaper published a front page editorial cartoon depicting the then Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer as copulating dingoes 4 See also editRakyat Merdeka cartoon controversyReferences edit Djamaluddin Dasman Ingat Rakyat Merdeka Ingat Harian Merdeka Radio Suara Bekasi Retrieved 21 September 2020 Discussion of censorship by Amnesty International Worldwide Drive Against Indonesia s Press Curbs Archived 2007 03 13 at the Wayback Machine Rakesh K Simha OneWorld South Asia 16 August 2004 Hyland Tom Debelle Penelope 2 April 2006 Cartoon anger fears The Age Fairfax Media Archived from the original on 2 October 2016 External links edit in Indonesian Official website nbsp This Indonesia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Asian newspaper related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rakyat Merdeka amp oldid 1118623653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
