JAKARTA. Television watchdog Remotivi has accused the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) of being biased when it comes to minority-related issues, including on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual (LGBT) persons. Remotivi coordinator Muhammad Haikal said the KPI had functioned as a mediator instead of a regulator, in which it should have amplified the voices of minority groups. "There is a tendency among those holding public positions to adopt values only of the majority. This is why the KPI functions as a mediator instead of the regulator that it should be," said Haikal at a workshop held by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in Jakarta on Sunday.
KPI accused of being biased toward LGBT
JAKARTA. Television watchdog Remotivi has accused the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) of being biased when it comes to minority-related issues, including on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual (LGBT) persons. Remotivi coordinator Muhammad Haikal said the KPI had functioned as a mediator instead of a regulator, in which it should have amplified the voices of minority groups. "There is a tendency among those holding public positions to adopt values only of the majority. This is why the KPI functions as a mediator instead of the regulator that it should be," said Haikal at a workshop held by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in Jakarta on Sunday.