Midwife arrested in Malaysian woman's death

SABAH UMNO PUTERI DIES IN ILLEGAL ABORTION?



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Friday, 21 August 2009 00:49


By : RONNIE KLASSEN (GUEST WRITER)

IT APPEARS that nothing seemed to be alright with Malaysia politically, economically, socially and even health wise nowadays. Interestingly, everything seemed to be connected to the UMNO-led Barisan National (BN) government, whose reputation is now in its record low.
Among the appalling incidents that are still fresh in the minds of many Malaysians include the controversial deaths in custody which include 22-year-old A. Kugan, DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock, who died at the premises of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters, and now with the scores of deaths caused by A H1N1 virus epidemic which total number has now reached…..76? at the time this posting was uploaded.
This inevitably reminded me of an interesting comment by a golfing buddy of mine that all these could be due to the ‘curse of Altantuya’? He believed that as long as the real culprits behind Altantuya’s gruesome murder are not brought to justice, her soul will not rest in peace and she will continue to wreck havoc on those who ordered her despicable execution using the military grade ‘C4’.
Very recently, on 7 August, a 27-year-old woman from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah was reported to have died in Cakung, East Jakarta , in an untimely manner.According to a news report by the Jakarta Post dated 8 August, 2009 (.....click link to news report)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/08/midwife-arrested-malaysian-woman039s-death.html, the deceased had died after she underwent an abortion in an abortion clinic there, to get rid of her four-month-old fetus.


It was also reported that East Jakarta police arrested a midwife who allegedly ran the illegal practice, as well as her two assistants from the clinic.

What’s significant about the incident is that the deceased, Alimida binti Zakaria is said to be a member of UMNO Puteri Kota Kinabalu and the ‘biological father’ of her four-month old child, is an official of Kota Kinabalu UMNO Youth, currently working as a senior officer of the State-owned Sabah Urban Development Corporation (SUDC) while the father has a medical profession background specializing in treating women. The wife is said to be a close relative(1st cousin) to the current Chief Minister of Sabah , Datuk Musa Hj Aman (pic below).

According to reliable sources, Alimida’s body was brought back to Kota Kinabalu on the 13th August and was buried on the following day at the Likas Muslim cemetery. The funeral was attended by family members and close friends.
Alimida’s family was said to be now questioning her actual cause of death. They were earlier told by the two men who accompanied her to East Jakarta that she had died in a road mishap. The two men are said to be close buddies of her boyfriend cum ‘biological father’ to their now aborted child. Alimida’s family had no idea of the actual purpose of her trip.
Meanwhile,a specialist gynecologist in Sabah when contacted by me said that abortion is illegal in Sabah, and nobody should be doing it.
An abortion will only be perform if the patients life is in jeopardy.
When ask what could be the cause of a patients death if an abortion is done on a woman in her 4th month of pregnancy,the gynecologist said,lost of excessive blood,unequipped facilities and no medical experience.
Apparently, her boyfriend had requested the two to accompany her to East Jakarta as his own wife was going to give birth..Alimida’s friends and colleagues in Puteri UMNO as well as in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), were said to be outraged after reading the news about her untimely death in the Jakarta Post.
According to one of her close friends, Alimida was a nice and approachable person but certainly not the wild type. She also claimed that Alimida’s boyfriend had promised to divorce his current wife and to marry her after this.
“He even promised to buy her a house,” claimed Alimida’s friend.
This friend of Alimida and a few others plan to approach Alimida’s family after this, to try to convince them to seek justice for Alimida.
It was also reliably learned that Alimida's name had been mysteriously removed from the Kota Kinabalu UMNO Puteri's name list, probably an attempt to disassociate her from the organization in order to protect its good name and 'maruah' (dignity).
I wish to convey my heartfelt condolences to the family of Alimida Zakaria. May justice be served on her death.

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Midwife arrested in Malaysian woman's death

The Jakarta Post , JAKARTA Sat, 08/08/2009 1:43 PM City
East Jakarta Police raided an abortion clinic Friday in Cakung, East Jakarta, following an investigation into the death of a Malaysian woman there.
Police arrested Lusi, a midwife who allegedly ran the illegal practice, as well as her two assistants from the clinic.
"We received information from Persahabatan Hospital that a woman had died after having an abortion," said East Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Hasanuddin.
"Our investigation in the case led us to the midwife."
On Thursday, 27-year-old Alimida binti Zakaria died on the way to Persahabatan Hospital in Rawamangun, East Jakarta.
Hospital officials said she had been brought in from the Setia Abadi medical clinic.
Hasanuddin said she had been bleeding heavily.
"She couldn't hold out, she'd lost a lot of blood," he said.
"The autopsy indicates she'd just an abortion prior to her death. The medical clinic she'd come from likely carried out the abortion, which is illegal."
Police will charge Lusi under the Criminal Code article on murder and the 1992 health law article on unlicensed medical practitioners.
If convicted, she could serve life in prison.
During questioning, Lusi admitted to having treated Alimida three times, saying the Malaysian woman had wanted to get rid of her four-month-old fetus.
"The suspect failed to conduct the abortion at that time, which led to the victim's death," Hasanuddin said.
He added police would expand their investigations to other abortion clinics suspected to be run by Lusi.
Despite having investigated and jailed several people this year for involvement in illegal abortions, the illegal service continues to be widely available.
In March, police raided an abortion clinic in Johar Baru, Central Jakarta, run by a former hospital cleaning service employee named Atun.
She had allegedly run the practice for years and had made billions of rupiah from the business.
Police found dozens of dead fetuses in the clinic's septic tank.
During the investigation, police also uncovered two other abortion clinics - in Koja, North Jakarta, and Tambun, Bekasi - run by Atun.
Under the health law, abortion is illegal unless the pregnancy threatens the mother's life.
A revision of the law, the bill on health, which is being deliberated at the House of Representatives, will allow rape victims to get abortions, as long as they have the approval of a panel of clerics.
Several leading clerics, however, remain adamant that abortion is nothing less than murder, no matter the circumstances. (bbs)