JAKARTA - Indonesia is to begin enforcing a law that bans local broadcasters from relaying live news provided by foreign stations. The ban will affect programmes from the BBC and Voice of America (VOA), the communications minister said on Monday. Local media organisations protested against the law as an attack on press freedom when it was passed last year.
Sofyan Djalil, the minister for communications, said that starting on 5 February television and radio stations will no longer be able to broadcast news programmes or breaking news directly from foreign stations. Stations will have to first receive the broadcasts, edit them and then rebroadcast from a local relay station.
Djalil said the reason for the law was so that viewers could hold someone responsible if the broadcasts were offensive. He did not say what punishment violators of the law would face. Shortwave programming by the BBC and VOA will be unaffected by the ban, as will broadcasts available over the internet. Live foreign news can still be broadcast by satellite and cable television providers.
Yes, so hopefully they can control the mind of the people again like in the old days.
This country is really going backwards instead of fordwards and we all know who is causing this.
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JAKARTA - Indonesia is to begin enforcing a law that bans local broadcasters from relaying live news provided by foreign stations. The ban will affect programmes from the BBC and Voice of America (VOA), the communications minister said on Monday. Local media organisations protested against the law as an attack on press freedom when it was passed last year.
