Former Indonesian President Soeharto is pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling of his lawsuit against Time magazine, local press said Thursday.
"He was happy with the ruling and thanked his lawyers," M. Assegaf, one of Soeharto's lawyers, was quoted by English daily The Jakarta Post as saying.
Assegaf said Soeharto has been informed by his family about the court's decision.
The Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 30 a report in Time magazine's Asia edition regarding corruption allegations against Soeharto and distributed internationally on May 24, 1999, was libelous and insulting to the plaintiff.
They ordered Time's publisher and several of its journalists to pay 1 trillion rupiah (105.9 million US dollars) in damage.
"The problem is whether they will pay the compensation or not. If they won't, their assets will be seized," Assegaf said.
Source: Xinhua
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