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''. The newspaper has gained prominence as a result of its controversial headlines and its "gritty, often abrasive, style",Discussion of censorship
by Amnesty International with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment.

Controversy

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. In a separate case, Suparatkam, another editor, was given a suspended six-month jail sentence and a one-year probation, after being found guilty by a Jakarta court for "spreading hatred" after he published headlines critical of the Indonesian government and then President Megawati Sukarnoputri.Worldwide Drive Against Indonesia's Press Curbs
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depicting the then

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Prime Minister

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and Foreign Minister

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as copulating dingoes.

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Controversy

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