Prita Mulyasari
Prita Mulyasari is an Indonesian housewife and mother of two who in 2008 was a patient at Omni International Hospital in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, for an illness that was misdiagnosed as dengue fever, whereas she actually had mumps.[1] Her complaints about her misdiagnosis started as a private email that went viral and she was jailed after losing a civil defamation suit taken by the hospital in 2009.
The case 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 either visited Prita Mulyasari in jail or publicly commented on the case.[3][4][5]
Support from a group on MySpace attracted considerable support[6] as well as Indonesian blog sites.[7][8][9][10]
The case 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.
The Indonesian Supreme Court in June 2012 overturned Prita's conviction and jail sentence.[15]
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://globalvoices.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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Supreme Court Declared Prita Mulyasari Not Guilty as Charged". 19 September 2012. HukumOnline.com.