George Junus
Aditjondro (born in Pekalongan, Central Java, May 27, 1946, age 69
years) is a controversy sociologist from Indonesia.
He had been a journalist for Tempo Magazine for
sometime. During 1994 to 1995, his name appeared and became widely
known as a “criticizers” during the reign of Ex President
Soeharto's government in corruption and East Timor.
He left Indonesia for Australia for 7 years and was
banned by the Ex President Soeharto’s regime in March 1998. He
became a lecturer at the University of Newcastle in the field of
sociology in Australia. Previously he was teaching at the Satya
Wacana Christian University - Indonesia.
Upon his returned from Australia, he wrote several
controversial books, which were documented from the web,
newspapers, and and other sources.
in November 2006 he attended a workshop in
Thailand, however upon arrival he was arrested by the Thai
Immigration Authorities . Interpol arrested him based on the
issued which was released by the Ex President of Indonesia
“Soeharto” in 1998.
Controversy
At the end of December 2009, During the launching of
his book which entitled "Dismantling Cikeas Octopus", George
was accused of committing violence against Ramadhan Pohan, who is a
member of the Parliament from the “Democratic Party”. The incident
were reported to the local police. Later on he was sued by Mr.
Pohan.
Some time after the launching of his book, Ex President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed his concerns regarding the
contents of the book. Soon, the books were taken off the
shelves across the nation . At that time, there were no judicial
decision were made regarding the circulation of the book.
Many people & academia were considering that the
books didn't based on the “research methodology” to prove the
validity of the facts.
In November 2011 George Aditjondro was one of the
speakers in the Faculty of Agricultural Technology of Gajah Mada
University, with the theme titled "Dissecting the Sultan
Status Ground / Ground Pakualaman” concentrated on Yogyakarta.”
George gave a controversy statement : ”The Palace of
Yogyakarta is not similar to the British Empire nor the Sultan
Palace. It is only a "Keraton" (Keraton : Kera yang
ditonton). English translation: “watching the ape
monkeying around").
As the result of his statement: a number of parties who
were members of the Public Forum at Yogyakarta (FMY) reported this
incident to the Regional Police (Polda) DIY.
According to FMY, George statement were insulting
and abusing to the cultural institutions of Yogyakarta Palace (
Keraton ) . George later on were charged with the clause 156 of the
Criminal Code which refers to “the act of defamation of a person or
institution”.
His colleague were saying that George is an irrational
man and has a bad moral. For instance, last year, George were
planning to marry another women , he decided to divorce his wife by
asking the court to certify it. His excuses were plain and
simple that he was not sexually satisfied with his wife and
he believes that he made a wrong decision by marrying
unintellectual wife. His planned was to giving up a parental
rights.
During the trial, all the evidences and the acts
were not enough for George to divorce his wife. In return the Judge
recommended his wife to give a counter sue.
He is definitely a master of deceit by making up
stories and manipulating the facts. He is willing to discard his
wife for the sake of filthy desire.
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Reference :
George Aditjondro si kera yang berteriak
kera http://www.darahkubiru.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19250
Sisi lain George
Aditjondro, http://harry.sufehmi.com/archives/2006-08-31-1259/
Sociologist George Aditjondro dossier sent to
prosecutors: Police, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/02/07/sociologist-george-aditjondro-dossier-sent-prosecutors-police.html
George hit me with a book, says Democrat Party
official, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/30/george-hit-me-with-a-book-says-democrat-party-official.html
Witnesses quizzed in
George-Ramadhan case, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/05/witnesses-quizzed-georgeramadhan-case.html
Comments: 'George hit me with a
book', http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/08/comments-039george-hit-me-with-a-book039.html