Like news reporters in any liberal democratic countries, reporters in Indonesia are very ambitious in getting news to be published in the mass media.
Among their most favorite news sources are people who have been sentenced to Prisons by the Court of Law. But from now on, they cannot do that again, because according to The Jakarta Globe the Law and Human Rights Ministry has issued a decree that bans reporters from entering Prisons.
The Minister of Law and Human Rights Patrialis Akbar was quoted as saying that the reason was because constant presence of reporters in prisons could be "disturbing to the officials' activities within the prisons".
He added that news related to a case which involved an inmate had the potential to hamper investigation of the case.
I hope that the would be restricted to only visiting and interviewing inmates, but not prison wardens and officials who have often been reported of abusing the authorities such as allowing inmates to go outside the prisons like in the Gayus case, and illegal drugs trafficking inside the prisons.
8 comments:
kadang kadang wartawan memang suka usil. tapi kalau tidak usil terus yang ngusilin (monitor)siapa dunk.. hehe bingung juga ya kite
kenapa ya wartawan dibatasi mengambil berita di dalam penjara berarti kebebasan PErs sudah terbatas
Every time Patrialis Akbar is mentioned I'm suspicious :). He usually is a beacon of wrong decisions. But this time he seemingly has a point:generally speaking conmen should be in prison, journalists outside. Only on extraordinary occasions and after official and special permits have been obtained, interviews with inmates should be possible.
Very interesting... i can only imagine what those officials are doing that the media might disturm them!
To be fair, sometime media also stir unnecessary things just to have human-interest stories which is not fair to the public.
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@Wisata Murah,
Maksudnya jangan wawancara Napi samapi membuatnya seolah2 pahlawan.
@Smp3Lembang,
Napi itu statusnya terhukum karena perbuatannya yang ebrtentangan dengan hukum, kalau dia bebas diwawancarai berarti hukumannya dikurangi.
@Colson,
Yes this time the Minister have made his point. Let's hope there would not be anymore interview of terrorist convicts.
@WebbieLady,
You've made a point there : what were the prisons officials been doing that the media might disturb them.
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