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Journalist association condemns alleged intimidation of Tempo journalist
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI Jakarta) and the Legal Aid Institute for Press (LBH Pers) urged the police to arrest the perpetrators and charge them under the group violence or vandalism articles of the Criminal Code as well as the Press Law that stipulates the protection of journalists in conducting their work.
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he Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI Jakarta) condemned the alleged intimidation of a Tempo journalist and weekly podcast host in Jakarta and urged the police to prosecute the perpetrators.
The incident occurred at 9:50 p.m. on Jl. Pattimura between the National Police headquarters and the Public Works and Housing Ministry in South Jakarta as the journalist, Hussein Abri Dongoran, was on his way home after meeting with a source in a mall in the municipality.
When making a U-turn toward the flyover at Jl. Pangeran Antasari, Hussein heard a hard thud coming from behind his car. He looked in the mirror and saw two people riding on a motorcycle and no other vehicles.
The journalist then parked his car to check and found a section of the car’s rear window had been smashed.
Hussein, accompanied by attorneys representing Tempo, reported the incident to the South Jakarta Police on Tuesday. Several hours after they filed the report, investigators held a crime scene reconstruction at the location.
Hussein is a journalist covering politics for Tempo magazine and is frequently involved in investigative reports on the countries’ political landscape or stories pertaining to high-profile political figures. He also hosts the publication's weekly podcast called Bocor Alus Politik (Fine Leak Politics) that covers the magazine’s cover story on Saturday, a day before the magazine’s publication.
The Bocor Alus Politik episode broadcast on Aug. 2, as well as Tempo’s cover story the next day, was about the feud between President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.
