Dear Valkyre:

You can read a translation of the full text of her email under theunspunblog.com. Google it " Prita Mulyasari Omni Email Translation".

JG: Sorry for posting a link - if you think it is not alright delete the entire comment please.

http://theunspunblog.com/2009/06/03/prita-mulyasari-the-fuss-and-the-fury-of-the-onliners/

peterR, Roland, Solace ~ you all said it right.

I pray that the sitting judge have a bigger heart and able to put consumers' right at its rightful place. or else it would be the end of day for our freedom of (responsible) expression as guaranteed by democracy.

I don't know much about law but I believe Prita, the poor mother of 2, has the right to sue whoever was responsible for putting her behind bars for that 21 days before this. Isn't that wrongful detention?

I cannot understand why Public Prosecutors are allowed to waste money by getting involved in cases of Libel and Slander on behalf of companies and individuals within those companies. And for slander to carry a possibility of prison, well I just find it ludicrous. Surely the whole point is about compensation, not about sticking someone behind bars. While the country is prepared to pay for companies to take people to court, they are going to take advantage of it, as in this case.

This case has done so much to harm the public’s right to claim good service, and to object against bad service and standards when they occur. The level of rights for protection of consumers here in Indonesia is almost nonexistent, and is given only lip service by government departments and many large companies. There is no obvious path open for dissatisfied customers, and certainly no motivation for wronged individuals to pursue higher standards of service.

Allowing cases such as this to go court is one sure way of ensuring that the arrogance of large companies and government departments will continue, and that their refusal to update customer service standards, and to employ competent, professional customer service staff will continue

Hush - hush....careful what you write in an email or even a public posting as this one - you might get prosecuted and "justice will not bow". How can someone be prosecuted if an agreement for an out of court settlement was already in place AND how can somebody be prosecuted on a law not yet implemented??? This screams to heaven!

“The damage to their reputations cannot be erased” - what reputation one asks: the one giving wrong diagnosis and treatments, or rather their reputation in their social circles?

And once again it is not the ones committing REAL crimes but the ons who cannot effort costly lawyers and has to rely on pro bono representation. I feel very sorry for this mother of children, which already served a jail term for the "crime" of making her opinion heard. I remember there was also recently a sentence given to some school children which "gambled" for a couple of Rupiahs. Is this the "LAW", which is supposed to protect citizens? Is this equality?

Let's have a "clear" mind on this case. Firstly, I am certain they have sufficient grounds to prosecute and they did it successfully......and with so much vigor I notice.

I have made a few comments on this in the past, whilst asking if anyone has read the full text of her email. In the absence of this, I believe we will find it hard to express our opinions.

I can only feel sorry for her and hope that she will be able to carry herself well through this ordeal.

Yes, lets put this lady in jail for speaking out about terrible service in a hospital, but lets allow to walk free all those people who corrupt, steal, extort and use state funds for thier own purposes. Justice, honesty, integrity.... what is that???