tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post226743466150924916..comments2024-03-20T16:19:01.468+07:00Comments on The RAB Experience: Prita Mulyasari -- Defamation -- To Be Retried...Rob Baitonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-35165646138582670512009-08-03T07:03:44.389+07:002009-08-03T07:03:44.389+07:00Stump...
No dramas, and yes.Stump...<br /><br />No dramas, and yes.Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-50681870657741572062009-08-02T13:11:17.065+07:002009-08-02T13:11:17.065+07:00Sorry Rob..Anon was me..technology got me again..A...Sorry Rob..Anon was me..technology got me again..Article was on oz's most repugant Islamic Representatives..I see you have laready posted..oigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17158225677233340849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-46158738604160917092009-08-01T16:48:13.951+07:002009-08-01T16:48:13.951+07:00Anonymous...
Sorry to trot out the standard fare ...Anonymous...<br /><br />Sorry to trot out the standard fare for anonymous posters. I would much prefer my anonymous posters to adopt a pen name. Only so that I can distinguish you one from the other.<br /><br />Now, which article in particular (online link or page number).<br /><br />Thanks.Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-24221377491268912402009-08-01T16:19:40.140+07:002009-08-01T16:19:40.140+07:00Check out the australian today for case in pointCheck out the australian today for case in pointAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-50466549561246115552009-08-01T15:57:05.610+07:002009-08-01T15:57:05.610+07:00Lawby...
Acquittal is the right word to a degree....Lawby...<br /><br />Acquittal is the right word to a degree. However, when one talks about a court of first instance a "true" acquittal as you refer to depends entirely on there being no appeal.<br /><br />The idea of a true acquittal seems dependent on there being a final ad binding decision by a court of law. Final and binding, at least in my mind, is when there are no avenues Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-76113523328299689132009-08-01T15:38:14.811+07:002009-08-01T15:38:14.811+07:00I know I seem pedantic...
From JP today:
....Pr...I know I seem pedantic... <br /><br />From JP today:<br /><br />....Prita Mulyasari and Omni International Hospital as Banten High Court has overruled the acquittal of Prita, the defendant in a recent widely publicized online defamation case. <br /><br />Do you agree with the use of word "acquital" here?<br /><br />In view of this:<br /><br />The legal battle seemed to be over when the lawbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-72212027287779151282009-08-01T12:42:19.008+07:002009-08-01T12:42:19.008+07:00Lawby...
Anything is possible. I am not convinced...Lawby...<br /><br />Anything is possible. I am not convinced that it will be or that it needs to be. There are plenty of democracies that still have criminal defamation provisions on their statute books.<br /><br />The problem is not generally the provisions but their application. The problem here in the Prita Mulyasari case is that the purpose of the provisions was, supposedly, not really to Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-8976286101559166992009-08-01T12:18:31.559+07:002009-08-01T12:18:31.559+07:00Sorry, the anon above was me.
Not to waste a box....Sorry, the anon above was me.<br /><br />Not to waste a box..........<br /><br />In her last trial, would you say that Prita was "acquitted"? in the true sense of the word?lawbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-56796106222743333062009-08-01T12:13:20.946+07:002009-08-01T12:13:20.946+07:00I listened to Metro English TV news yesterday - a ...I listened to Metro English TV news yesterday - a 40 second report on the Prita case.<br /><br />I would hazard a guess that the report included at least errors of fact.<br /><br />What is worse one wonders? false reporting (a form of fraud or negligence) or defamation? <br /><br />I am reminded of what Brett said - I was a lawyer but I hate litigation. It left a powerful impact on me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-74829988784032667462009-08-01T11:40:03.051+07:002009-08-01T11:40:03.051+07:00Excellent update.
you wrote:
.......for the simp...Excellent update.<br /><br />you wrote:<br /><br />.......for the simple reason that Indonesians are currently engaged in a debate about the validity and usefulness of criminal defamation provisions in any law.<br /><br />Ok, that may be so.<br /><br />Can I ask, is it possible that Criminal defamation will one day be amended out of the Electronic Transactions Law (by the way do the parallel actslawbynoreply@blogger.com