Friday, June 5, 2009

Prita Mulyasari Factor



Prita Mulyasari, the consumer who was charged with defarmation and detained for posting complaints on the internet about Onmi International Hospital's poor service, was release after the public questioned the need for her detention. she faces her first trial session toda at the Tangerang District Court. Her family said the public outcry and public opinion generated sporadically ove the web and through the media had let her to release.

Earlier Wednesday, presidental candidate and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri visited Prita at the Tangerang's women detention center, while incumbent vice president and presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla, plans to visit her, according to Prita's husband, Andri Nugroho. Anggara, coordinator of the human rights advocacy division of the Association of Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights (PBHI), said the case was just the beginning of a long legal process.

Sources : The Jakarta Post

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