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View all search resultsJournalist's murder depicted in comic book
The Yogyakarta chapter of the Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) recently gave residents hundreds of free comic books about Fuad âUdinâ Muhammad Syafruddin, a journalist from the Yogyakarta-based daily newspaper, Bernas, who was murdered in 1996, to remind them that justice had yet to be seen because the killers were still free
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he Yogyakarta chapter of the Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) recently gave residents hundreds of free comic books about Fuad 'Udin' Muhammad Syafruddin, a journalist from the Yogyakarta-based daily newspaper, Bernas, who was murdered in 1996, to remind them that justice had yet to be seen because the killers were still free.
AJI members distributed the comic book, entitled Menagih Tanggung Jawab Polisi untuk (Alm) Udin (Demanding police responsibility for the late Udin), to passers-by at the historical Gedung Agung building in Yogyakarta.
'We give 400 free comic books to residents,' chairman of AJI Yogyakarta chapter, Hendrawan Setiawan said on Friday, as quoted by kompas.com.
He said that the comic books, which were written by Sumardi and published by the Indonesian Islamic University's Center for Human Rights Studies (Pusham UII), told Udin's life journey starting from his simple family, to his journalism career, including the torture he suffered because of his reporting, and ends with the legal proceedings following his death, which have yet to result in the discovery of his the killers.
'Udin's case is for all to know, not only the media and Yogyakarta [residents],' he said.
Udin's murder was allegedly linked to articles he wrote that were critical of the local administration in Bantul, Yogyakarta.
In June, director Hellena Souisa released a 45-minute documentary entitled Kabar, Kubur, Kabur (News, Buried, Blurred), which told the story about violence befalling four local journalists, namely Udin, Riau Pos photographer Didik Herwanto, RCTI war reporter Ersa Siregar and Sun TV journalist Ridwan Salamun. (alz/nvn)
