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Prita continues defamation trial today





The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 08/19/2009 8:36 AM | Jakarta

Prita Mulyasari, a 32-year-old woman who is facing defamation charges for sending emails complaining about Omni International Hospital's poor service to her friends, will continue her trial at Tangerang District Court Wednesday morning after Banten High Court overruled her acquittal.





M Asnun, the court's chief, told tempointeraktif.com that the court would hear testimonies from witnesses on Wednesday's hearing.

Earlier, state prosecutor Riyadi claimed he had new evidence and witnesses to convict the mother of two.

Banten High Court had overruled the acquittal of Prita earlier, claiming the Tangerang court had failed to examine the substantive material of the case.

On Aug. 27, 2008, Prita, a mother of two, sent emails to her friends complaining of the subpar treatment she had received at Omni International Hospital. She was arrested by prosecutors on May 13 after the hospital found her email had spread across mailing lists and charged her with defamation.



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