The Case of Omni Hospital vs Prita Mulyasari

I have never before posted a blog entry about this issue simply because I prefer to stay away from serious issues in this blog and there are far better bloggers who are more familiar with the case than I though unfortunately I’ve lost track of them (if you have links to significant ones please post in the comments) but Brett pointed to a recent entry in the development of the case as the mother of two young children was set free.
Rob Baiton highlighted the fact that while it was wrong to have her jailed in the first place, the court that freed her has opened up a legal minefield which if pursued correctly and properly would throw a wrench into nearly every case in which the decision was made based on a pending subsidiary legislation. 
I can see how people might misunderstand Rob’s position despite having already said the entire thing was wrong in the first place. The Tangerang district attorney’s office and the district court were clearly wrong in incarcerating her in the first place without proper legal proceedings but the court that freed her used possibly the worst legal basis to let her go and the poor mother would not be free for a while yet.
This has the potential to go the distance.

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