JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s main press council called for press freedom and urged President Prabowo Subianto’s palace to restore reporting access for a CNN Indonesia journalist who had her credentials revoked after asking him about a troubled free meal programme.

Titin Rosmasari, editor in chief of local outlet CNN Indonesia, which licenses the CNN Brand, told Reuters on Monday that the palace revoked the reporter’s access on Saturday night, urging the palace to explain its reasoning.

She told magazine Tempo it was related to her question about thousands of school children who fell sick after consuming food served on the free meal programme.

The reporter asked Prabowo on an airfield on Saturday whether he had instructions for the National Nutrition Agency overseeing the programme, ne

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