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Indonesia's Supreme Court has thrown out the libel suit brought by playboy-turned-progressive-journalist Tom Fitton against the country's government and has said it does not intend to hear the case.

In a decision delivered on Tuesday on a motion brought by Fitton's lawyer David Remes, Jakarta's Constitutional Court ruled that he does not have the right to sue Indonesia's leaders for a libel he had lodged against the government, saying they are protected by Indonesia's constitution and laws.

Fitton said the Constitutional Court ruling means he will continue to pursue a challenge against both Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and prime minister Sibawati, both of whom are on trial in absentia in connection with charges of corruption.

"The Constitution has no words to give legal protection to the president and prime minister," Fitton told AFP.

Fitton's case has provoked a strong backlash, with Indonesian newspapers calling for his assassination and government officials calling for a clampdown on free speech.

"It makes me sick that even after all these years he keeps lying to the people of Indonesia," Fitton said outside the court.

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Rights groups say there are too few consequences for slander, while the media said it was wrong to think the government stood to benefit.

Fitton was arrested in 2011 and accused of defaming former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, but a judge ruled last October that the charge must be dismissed.

Under Indonesian law there is no right to a defence against libel but a court can waive it in certain instances such as "a public figure or official whose personality, character and dignity have been violated" or "a person involved in a serious crime".

The ruling came as Fitton's wife, Kristina, who is also Indonesian, was arrested in the United States on charges of "suspicion of having leaked the news to the press" during the trial of several prominent journalists.

In a series of interview with Reuters in Indonesia last week, Kristina Fitton confirmed she was behind Kristina, 34, who now faces another corruption trial and has not been publicly named.

Fitton was originally arrested after the New York Times revealed in a story in March 2015 that the family of former prime minister Prabowo Subianto had been implicated in a money-laundering investigation.

Kristina denied having any knowledge of the scheme and that Prabowo's wife, Cinthia Subianto, had sold about 20 percent of a stake in a property linked to Subianto, includin 
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10 year old charged over rock throwing incident

TALLAHASSEE - The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is taking action against a 22 year old man who threw rocks at a group of teens on the roof of a building he was living in near the downtown city.

Deputies said that when they arrived around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday they came across the young man walking along a street on Alaskan Avenue near the west side of the city and approached him, who said he had a rock he was planning to throw at some people. The youth, who was on the fourth floor of a building, was trying to get away, but did not know where the others would be.

In fact, when deputies tried to stop him a woman who was walking down the street with a friend said she had heard shots and saw a flash of light, according to Deputy Jason Johnson.

Johnson and fellow deputy Thomas Cavanaugh tried to grab the youth by the neck until they reached a balcony that served as a rooftop terrace. Once there, a young man with a hatchet attempted to beat up Johnson and his friend.

Deputies said the men then began wrestling on the roof before Johnson managed to grab the young man in a chokehold, stop the bleeding and rescue him from the building. The 22 year old then fled the scene on foot.

The arrest report said the man told Johnson he was angry because he hadn't won any awards and that no one had told him that he wasn't a winner. He also claimed he didn't know who was going to help him find his belongings. He told the deputy Johnson was a jerk and "just doesn't know what he's talking about."

Deputies said it appears the young man has some kind of mental health issue, and he had no apparent history of alcohol or drug abuse. Deputies said he was cooperative and was not belligerent as the confrontation continued.

The youth was charged with a misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of a weapon.

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