SouthAussie
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Is anyone else curious about why there are absolutely no articles in the Bali press ever since AS made the US news in regards to HM? The photographers are still hanging around because they can sell the pics to the AP or Getty. But it appears that no Indonesian news source wants to touch this story anymore.
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Well, I looked and looked for a legal reason why so little of the court proceedings in Bali are reported. As I mentioned before, it is a common thing for very little of the actual proceedings to be reported - just lots of photos and video of the accused entering court, leaving court, some footage of inside the court. What we have seen, to date, is par for the course imo.
There does not seem to be any sub judice in Indonesia, no mention of gag orders being the norm - though it is apparent from reporting that they do implement them at times, but there is certainly no evidence of extensive court reporting either.
I think it may be the case that media is just not allowed into the court room, other than a single photographer. At least, it appears that way to me.
The court seats are certainly not crammed with people, which you would expect if reporters were allowed in.