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
  1. Fitzpatrick, Stephen Jail for email exposes law's heavy hand The Australian June 6–7, page 14
  2. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/05/blame-game-starts-over-misuse-law-prita-mulyasari-case.html
  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. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3360699-prita-mulyasari-cases-a-good-issue-to-gain-supporters-on-indonesian-presidential-race-campaign
  6. http://www.myspace.com/mendhoan.
  7. http://theunspunblog.com/2009/06/03/prita-mulyasari-the-fuss-and-the-fury-of-the-onliners/
  8. http://globalvoices.org/2009/05/31/indonesia-jailed-for-complaining/
  9. http://ibuprita.suatuhari.com/
  10. http://www.gedubrak.com/2009/06/03/isi-email-dari-ibu-prita-mulyasari-yang-menghebohkan/
  11. http://theunspunblog.com/2009/06/03/prita-mulyasari-the-fuss-and-the-fury-of-the-onliners/
  12. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=188384790266
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Supreme Court Declared Prita Mulyasari Not Guilty as Charged". 19 September 2012. HukumOnline.com.
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