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Indonesia's Tempo magazine loses defamation suit against Asian Agri.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report in English by influential Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post English-language website on 10 September

[Article by Dian Kuswandini: "'Tempo loses legal battle to Asian Agri, fined Rp 50 million"]

In what is being denounced as a major blow to press freedom in the country, a court - dubbed 'the graveyard for press freedom' - found Tempo guilty of defaming agribusiness giant Asian Agri on Tuesday [9 Sep 08].

The Central Jakarta District Court ordered the weekly magazine to pay IDR 50 million (USD 5,350) in damages and publish a full page apology to Asian Agri and its subsidiaries in three consecutive editions of its magazine, Koran …

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