Kupang – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) and the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Television Journalist Association (IJTI) have urged the police to investigate violence allegedly committed by a civil servant of the NTT administration's Legal Office against Efron Suna, a television journalist from Anak Flobamora Berkreasi (AFB) TV.
"AJI Kupang deplore the incident of beating [against the journalist]. We ask police to probe the case," AJI Kupang Alexander Dimoe told the Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Efron said that he was slapped by the civil servant, identified as Maret Jalla, who also took his handycam, mobile phone, and press card on Monday.
"Maret got angry after I protested against him for taking away the press card of Rambu, also an AFB TV journalist. We were trying to interview NTT Deputy Governor Benny Litelnoni at his office at that time but he refused to be interviewed. I have reported the case to the police," he said.