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Prominent Indonesian Journalist Ahmad Taufik Dies

by Suzana Cardoso
27/03/2017
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MEDIAONETIMOR-Prominent journalist Ahmad Taufik died of lung cancer on Thursday at 7:15 pm after being hospitalized in Jakarta. His body was taken to the family home in Kebon Pala, Central Jakarta. He was 51.

Taufik, known as an opposition journalist during president Soeharto’s dictatorship, joined other journalists in founding the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) on Aug. 7, 1994. He was appointed the first presidium chairman of the organization.

Following a series of articles in AJI’s news magazine Independent on presidential succession and Soeharto’s great personal wealth, in early 1995, Taufik was arrested and charged under Article 19 of the Press Law, which banned unlicensed publications, and Article 154 of the Criminal Code, which forbade the publication of “feelings of hostility, hatred or contempt for the government.”

He was convicted on both charges and sentenced to three years in prison in September 1995. The Committee to Protect Journalists protested his arrest and that of other journalists and named Soeharto “one of 10 worst enemies of the press” on its annual list. Taufik was paroled on July 19, 1997, having served two-thirds of his sentence.

Taufik spent his sentence in five different detention centers: the Jakarta Police station, Salemba Penitentiary, Cipinang Penitentiary, Cirebon prison and Kuningan prison. While in Cipinang Penitentiary, Taufik became close to Xanana Gusmão, the future president of Timor Leste. He was also visited by Jens Linde of the International Federation of Journalists.

Taufik was presented the AJI Suardi Tasrif award on July 22, 1995. The same year, he won the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Due to his imprisonment, he was unable to accept the award in person until November 1997, following his release from prison. The following year he received the Digul Award. (dan)

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