Officials urged to uphold press freedom

Press freedom groups have called on Indonesian authorities to investigate what they called acts of intimidation against a magazine known for its hard-hitting investigative reporting, after it was twice sent mutilated animal carcasses last week.

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Tempo Magazine, a publication that was twice banned when Indonesia was under authoritarian rule decades ago, was sent a pig’s head on Wednesday and six headless rats three days later, it said yesterday.

It is not immediately clear who sent the packages and Tempo said they came without messages or claims of responsibility.

“This terror act is terrifying,’ Tempo's deputy editor-in-chief Bagja Hidayat told Reuters. “This message isn’t just for Tempo but all reporters in Indonesia.”

Bagja said