Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court representative judge Heru Susanto cancelled a hearing on Tuesday in a case implicating two Australian newspapers – The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald – and the US Embassy because of information about President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that was leaked via WikiLeaks.

The hearing was postponed for a week due to the absence of the presiding judge and official representatives from the two newspapers and the embassy.

Ahmad Arifin, an unofficial representative from The Age who attended the hearing, said he came to the hearing as a show of respect. He had not received any summons from the court. "We came after we received information [on the hearing] from other sources," he said.

The case surrounds the publication of an article by The Age, which cites US embassy cables leaked by WikiLeaks that said Yudhoyono personally intervened to influence prosecutors and judges to protect corrupt political figures and pressure his adversaries.

The reports also angered the State-Owned Enterprise's labor union, which filed the lawsuit.