Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring says that there will be no more summons of the media by the police in the future.
"What happened a few days ago was wrong. This is no longer the era for the media to be summoned by the police for whatever reason," he told reporters at the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Monday.
Tifatul was commenting on a recent summons by the police handed to two daily newspapers - Kompas and Seputar Indonesia - just a few days ago.
The summons ignited fury from journalists and press activists, because they considered the police was trying to pressure the media and to limit press freedom.
Just last night, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also met the country's top media leaders to his presidential palace.
However, Tifatul said that last night's meeting was not a summoning but rather an invitation to talk about the current issues and absorb the media leaders' input.
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