Photo Documentation of Five Journalists Deleted by State Attorney Officers

Description

Five journalists in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia experienced intimidation from an employee of the Kendari State Attorney's Office, on Tuesday, 30 May 2023.

This intimidation was carried out by an employee of the Kendari Attorney General's Office when the five journalists were covering the escape of the Kendari Attorney's detainees.

That day, around 16.05 PM, five journalists namely Edo (Indonesia.com Edition), Muamar (Harian Publik), Naufal Fajrin (Tribunnews Southeast Sulawesi), Utta (Inews) and Mail (Media Kendari) were intimidated.

Their cell phones were confiscated. Then the photos and videos that they documented on their cell phones were also asked to be deleted.

Edo's cell phone was also confiscated by Kendari District Attorney employees, and he later deleted the photos on the phone's memory.

Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
5
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Reporter
Status of journalists
Unknown
Gender
Male
Age
Unknown
Country
Southeast Sulawesi
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Employee of the Kendari state attorney
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Male
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Attack on equipment and personal belonging/other properties of media
Please type the data source here (Link)
https://sultra.tribunnews.com/2023/05/31/aji-kendari-kecam-pegawai-kejari-kendari-yang-intimidasi-5-jurnalis-saat-liputan-tahanan-kabur
Please type the data source here (text)
https://sultra.tribunnews.com/2023/05/31/aji-kendari-kecam-pegawai-kejari-kendari-yang-intimidasi-5-jurnalis-saat-liputan-tahanan-kabur

https://regional.kompas.com/read/2023/05/31/161028978/liput-tahanan-kabur-kejari-kendari-lima-jurnalis-diintimidasi-ponsel?page=all