Refleksi : Hari ini Prita, besok lusa mungkin Anda atau keluarga, sahabat, kenalan atau juga kekasih Anda. Cara terbaik dalam membela Prita ialah tidak berobat pada rumah sakit tersebut. Bila hal ini dilakukan oleh umum tentu akan menguntungkan korban dan mayarakat.
Selain itu, bukankah kejadian ini juga memberikan gambaran nyata tentang pelayanan kesehatan dan begitupun hukum di NKRI? ttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a014056a-5169-11de-84c3-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 Jakarta drawn in as furore greets libel case By John Aglionby in Jakarta Published: June 5 2009 03:00 | Last updated: June 5 2009 03:00 An Indonesian woman who e-mailed friends to complain about a hospital went on trial yesterday charged with defamation. Prita Mulyasari, 32, a bank employee with two children, was accused under the criminal code and the 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction law. She denies the charges. The court in Tangerang, 25km west of Jakarta, was packed with scores of supporters, including highprofile lawyers offering pro-bono assistance. More than 130,000 people have backed Mrs Prita on the Facebook social networking site. All three candidates in next month's presidential election have waded into the case. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is seeking re-election, has ordered a review of the case while Megawati Sukarnoputri, one of his challengers, visited Mrs Prita in detention on Wednesday. Jusuf Kalla, the third contender, said the dispute should never have gone to court. Freedom of speech activists said they hoped to use Mrs Prita's case to campaign for the revocation of criminal defamation, particularly in the two laws she is charged under. Enda Nasution, a prominent blogger who has mobilised much of the support for Mrs Prita, said there was a real threat that "if this kind of case continues to come up then people will be afraid to complain about anything when they have the right to do so". The case dates back to August when Mrs Prita sought treatment at the private Omni International hospital in Tangerang. She e-mailed friends after being dissatisfied with the service and the way that her complaint was -handled. The 1,750-word missive was forwarded to the media and after Mrs Prita declined to back down the hospital and doctors involved filed a criminal complaint and a civil suit. Risma Situmorang, Omni International's lawyer, said the hospital rejected all Mrs Prita's allegations and was "forced to take legal action to defend its reputation". Mrs Prita lost the civil suit last month and was fined Rp262m ($26,000, ?18,500, £16,000). Prosecutors then demanded that she be prosecuted under the IET law in addition to the criminal code. The trial continues next week. Additional reporting by Taufan Hidayat in Tangerang [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
