Prita Mulyasari
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Prita Mulyasari is a Tangerang Jakarta housewife and mother of two who was a patient at Omni International Hospital for an illness that was eventually misdiagnosed as mumps.[1] Her complaints about her treatment which started as a private email were made public and she was jailed after losing a civil defamation suit taken by the hospital.
The case has highlighted the over-reaction of Indonesian prosecutors when presented with cases being pursued by influential individuals and companies [2] Due to the proximity of the presidential elections in July 2009, the various candidates have either visited Prita Mulyasari in jail, or have made public comments about the case [3][4][5]
Support from a group on Facebook has attracted considerable support [6] as well as Indonesian blog sites [7][8][9][10]
The case has brought attention to clauses of the Indonesian Information and Electronic Transaction Law which are currently being challenged and questioned as a result of Prita Mulyasari's case[11]
Prita was fined 204 million rupiah (US$ 20,500), causing support for her to grow stronger. A mailing list and Facebook group called "KOIN UNTUK PRITA" [12] started raising money from people throughout Indonesia. People started collecting coins to help Prita to pay the fine.[13][14] Seeing the huge support for Prita, Omni International Hospital dropped the civil lawsuit.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Stephen Jail for email exposes law's heavy hand The Australian June 6–7, page 14
- ^ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/05/blame-game-starts-over-misuse-law-prita-mulyasari-case.html
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Stephen Jail for email exposes law's heavy hand The Australian June 6–7, page 14
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25587311-23109,00.html.
- ^ http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3360699-prita-mulyasari-cases-a-good-issue-to-gain-supporters-on-indonesian-presidential-race-campaign
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/mendhoan.
- ^ http://theunspunblog.com/2009/06/03/prita-mulyasari-the-fuss-and-the-fury-of-the-onliners/
- ^ http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/31/indonesia-jailed-for-complaining/
- ^ http://ibuprita.suatuhari.com/
- ^ http://www.gedubrak.com/2009/06/03/isi-email-dari-ibu-prita-mulyasari-yang-menghebohkan/
- ^ http://theunspunblog.com/2009/06/03/prita-mulyasari-the-fuss-and-the-fury-of-the-onliners/
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=188384790266
- ^ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/07/coins-prita.html
- ^ http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/coins-for-prita-reach-rp-195m-and-counting-as-donation-deadline-approaches/347308
