davita
Well-Known Member
Must be a first for the Jakarta Post to apologise to its readers for reporting ALL 14 convicts were executed in Nusakambangan...then retracted to only 4.
"The Jakarta Post made a serious error of judgment on Thursday night when it decided to run on its front page a headline story for the Friday edition with the title “Firing squads kill convicts”. The lead paragraph claimed that 14 people had been executed and the caption to the photo also said that Zulfikar Ali, the brother of the woman in the photo, was among the 14. We learned later that four were actually executed and the other 10, including Zulfikar Ali, were spared, but the paper had already gone into circulation, as had the electronic version of the paper. The failure to conduct verification before running the story is completely unprofessional and a serious violation of the main principles of good journalism. The Jakarta Post sincerely apologizes to all our readers, particularly to all those affected by the story, for this major failure."
It appears not only were they mis-informed so were the many morticians standing by to clean and formalin the bodies....and the convicts themselves.
I posted the Jakpost report on many forums in Canada and UK that I belong. Now I have to explain why Indonesia is so cruel, and why the Attorney General shouldn't be tried for human rights violations for conducting this barbaric execution party.
I agree but cannot find what the Indonesian Gov't gets from this charade. The International community are appalled at this show of inhumanity but the AG prattles on about Indonesian sovereignty and 'Law'...is he some satanic cleric?
The same can be said about the current court case being televised about the cyanide poisoning of a girl (Mirna) in a restaurant. I cannot understand the language but the actions in the court are akin to a carnival act...or a circus show....with the judges acting as the clowns.
"The Jakarta Post made a serious error of judgment on Thursday night when it decided to run on its front page a headline story for the Friday edition with the title “Firing squads kill convicts”. The lead paragraph claimed that 14 people had been executed and the caption to the photo also said that Zulfikar Ali, the brother of the woman in the photo, was among the 14. We learned later that four were actually executed and the other 10, including Zulfikar Ali, were spared, but the paper had already gone into circulation, as had the electronic version of the paper. The failure to conduct verification before running the story is completely unprofessional and a serious violation of the main principles of good journalism. The Jakarta Post sincerely apologizes to all our readers, particularly to all those affected by the story, for this major failure."
It appears not only were they mis-informed so were the many morticians standing by to clean and formalin the bodies....and the convicts themselves.
I posted the Jakpost report on many forums in Canada and UK that I belong. Now I have to explain why Indonesia is so cruel, and why the Attorney General shouldn't be tried for human rights violations for conducting this barbaric execution party.
I agree but cannot find what the Indonesian Gov't gets from this charade. The International community are appalled at this show of inhumanity but the AG prattles on about Indonesian sovereignty and 'Law'...is he some satanic cleric?
The same can be said about the current court case being televised about the cyanide poisoning of a girl (Mirna) in a restaurant. I cannot understand the language but the actions in the court are akin to a carnival act...or a circus show....with the judges acting as the clowns.