Rakyat Merdeka
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Rakyat Merdeka is an Indonesia
n daily tabloid 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" , with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment.
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
.
On 27 March 2006, the newspaper published a front page editorial cartoon
depicting the Australian Prime and Foreign Ministers as dingo
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Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n daily tabloid newspaper, owned by the country’s largest media group Jawa Pos
Jawa Pos
Jawa Pos is one of Indonesia's major newspapers. Jawa Pos was launched by Suseno Tedjo or Tek Chung Sen in Surabaya in 1 July 1949. The "Jawa Pos Group" is owned by Indonesian media tycoon, Dahlan Iskan .-Award:...
. The newspaper has gained prominence as a result of its controversial headlines and its "gritty, often abrasive, style" , with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment.
Controversy
In September 2003, Rakyat Merdeka’s former chief editor Karim Paputungan was sentenced by the Central JakartaCentral Jakarta
Central Jakarta is one of the five cities which form Jakarta, Indonesia. It had 898,883 inhabitants at the 2010 Census.Central Jakarta is the smallest in area and population of the five cities of Jakarta. It is the administrative and political center of Jakarta and Indonesia...
District Court to five months in jail, suspended for 10 months, for insulting the speaker of the DPR
People's Representative Council
The People's Representative Council , sometimes referred to as the House of Representatives, is one of two elected national legislative assemblies in Indonesia....
, 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
Megawati Sukarnoputri
In this Indonesian name, the name "Sukarnoputri" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name "Megawati"....
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On 27 March 2006, the newspaper published a front page editorial cartoon
Editorial cartoon
An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration containing a commentary that usually relates to current events or personalities....
depicting the Australian Prime and Foreign Ministers as dingo
Dingo
The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...
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