Is truth a defense against defamation laws in Indonesia?
<p>If so how?</p>

<p>I read 310 KUHP laws in Indonesia and it says that public interest is a defense. It doesn't list truth as defense.</p>

<p>Some says that if we have evidences, that is defense. What kind of evidences are good enough defenses?</p>

<p>Relying on <a href="http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/id/id039en.pdf" rel="nofollow">this version</a>, proof of truth is only allowed in order to establish a "public interest" defense or for a "necessary defense"; but also "if an official is charged with the commission of an act in the exercise of his office". Good luck with "necessary defense". It is not a defense to say "But what I said is true". However, if the defamed person has been convicted in court of said act (the defamatory statement) then there can be no punishment.</p>

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