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Threatened
July 28
All media, THREATENED
Kompas, THREATENED
Merdeka, THREATENED
Lt. Gen. Syarwan Hamid, the head of the sociopolitical section of the military general staff, summoned Jakarta-based editors and bureau chiefs to a meeting where he advised them to support the army crackdown on supporters of ousted Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and other opponents of the Suharto regime. Indonesian authorities also issued warnings to two leading dailies--Kompas and Merdeka--for their critical coverage of the crackdown. Since June, senior Indonesian army officers had repeatedly delivered explicit warnings to the local press about reporting on the conflict with Megawati loyalists.
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