TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo.co Chief Editor Gendur Sudarsono responded lightly upon the appearance of tempo.media news site. The website has a similarity with the website and the news agency that are managed by PT.Tempo Inti Media such as Majalah Tempo, Koran Tempo, and the site Tempo.co.
According to Gendur, a media website is prohibited to have any similarity on the name and brand. “Actually it’s not allowed. As for a brand, especially a well known one like Tempo, having any similarity is prohibited,” he said on Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
Gendur said that he would consider on taking legal actions upon brands that have similarities with Tempo. “Maybe from a legal standpoint, the legal division will review it,” he added.
Earlier, several media that have name's similarities with the news site that is managed by PT.Tempo Inti Media appeared, such as the news site www.tempo.media. This news site on September 22, 2016, released a story with the title “Not Protected By ‘Istana’ (Presidential office), Ahok Reveals Jokowi’s Corruption”.
On May 2016, a news piece that was released on behalf of tempo.co which reports that Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama threatens to open the Transjakarta case if he gets assigned as a suspect in the Sumber Waras case. Gendur assertively denies the news story.
ARKHELAUS W.