Prita Mulyasari

Prita Mulyasari is an Indonesian housewife and mother of two who in 2008 was a patient at Omni International Hospital in Tangerang, Banten, 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 Rp204 million (US$20,500), causing support for her to grow stronger. A mailing list and Facebook group called "KOIN UNTUK PRITA" (English: "Coin for 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 Supreme Court of Indonesia in June 2012 overturned Prita's conviction and jail sentence.[15]

Notes
  1. Fitzpatrick, Stephen Jail for email exposes law's heavy hand The Australian June 6–7, page 14
  2. "Blame game starts over misuse of law in Prita Mulyasari case - Fri, June 5 2009 - The Jakarta Post".
  3. Fitzpatrick, Stephen Jail for email exposes law's heavy hand The Australian June 6–7, page 14
  4. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25587311-23109,00.html.
  5. "Allvoices.com - Prita Mulyasari cases a good issue to gain supp..." www.allvoices.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11.
  6. http://www.myspace.com/mendhoan. Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Prita Mulyasari: The fuss and the fury (Of the onliners)". Unspun. 3 June 2009.
  8. "Indonesia: Jailed for Complaining". 31 May 2009.
  9. "Bebaskan Ibu Prita Mulyasari!". ibuprita.suatuhari.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15.
  10. "手机购彩快三(中国)责任有限公司".
  11. "Prita Mulyasari: The fuss and the fury (Of the onliners)". Unspun. 3 June 2009.
  12. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=188384790266
  13. "Coins for Prita | the Jakarta Post". Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  14. "Coins for Prita Reach Rp 195m and Counting as Donation Deadline Approaches | the Jakarta Globe". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  15. "Supreme Court Declared Prita Mulyasari Not Guilty as Charged". 19 September 2012. HukumOnline.com.
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