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Congratulations to Prita Mulyasari. You’re free now.
An Indonesian mother-of-two was cleared of defamation charges after emails she wrote about poor treatment at a local hospital appeared on social networking website Facebook.
In a case that provoked outrage across the mainly Muslim nation, Prita Mulyasari, 32, was facing six years’ jail for defamation under the criminal code and had already spent three weeks in a police cell.
Her alleged crime was to complain in an email to friends about her treatment for dengue fever at Omni International Hospital outside Jakarta.
The hospital filed criminal charges after the emails were widely circulated on Facebook.
The courtroom erupted in applause and cheers when Judge Karel Tuffu threw out the case.
Prita wants to go further after her freedom: she wanted to sue the hospital.
Syamsu Anwar, Prita’s lawyer, said legal action against the hospital’s doctors is a possibility.
In a September 2008 civil lawsuit the court ordered her to pay Rp 50 million (US$4,700) of the Rp 400 million compensation demanded by the hospital, as well as make a public apology in two print media outlets.
“We may sue them for giving false testimony [during the civil lawsuit trial],” he said.
June 25, 2009 at 2:30 pm
It’s a good news! I am happy to hear that.
June 26, 2009 at 3:16 am
congrate Prita, Congrate the truth
June 26, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Yes, I heard it and it should be like this. Everybody knows should she’s FREE!
June 27, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Alhamdulillah,,,Akhirnya Bu Prita bs bebas.
July 1, 2009 at 7:22 am
have a nice day again… be carefully to write the written in email…