Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Defamation Laws Spark Concerns for Press Freedom in Indonesia Sara Schonhardt | Jakarta 13 May 2010 Under Indonesian law, government officials can charge almost anyone with defamation, an act that can land critics and activists in jail. Critics like Usman Hamid, a bespectacled human rights activist, who hardly resembles a criminal. Neither does Prita Mulyasari, a housewife and mother of two, or Khoe Seng Seng, a slight, soft-spoken trader whose shop huddles in the back of a north Jakarta mall. Yet Indonesian officials have charged all three with criminal defamation for actions human rights groups say the Indonesian