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Republic of Dreams: Indonesia
By Barrie | March 30th, 2007 | 
No Comments I can remember a time during the Soeharto era when ‘freedom of the press’ were only dream words spoken quietly and behind closed doors. The despot even shut down the most radical of all the rags, Tempo magazine.
“If you open that Pandora`s Box, you never know what Trojan horses will jump out“. (Ernest Bevin, 1881-1951)
What Ernest Bevin, the British statesman, has said above was true to illustrate the current situation of press freedom in Indonesia. Indonesian press is now like a wild horse coming out from its den. Joseph Kirschke of Pacific Media Watch described Indonesia`s news outlets as “free-wheeling”, particularly when compared to those in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore as a report in the Antara News explains.
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