Women arrested for selling baby<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
A mother and her daughter are now in police detention on baby-
\ntrafficking charges.<\/p>\n
The Tangerang Police arrested Esther and her daughter, Lala,
\non Thursday following complaints filed by Diah, who lost her
\nnewly-born grandchild, and the infant's mother, Helida.<\/p>\n
Helida, a resident of Jl. Gembor, Pasir Jaya subdistrict,
\nPasar Kemis district, believed that her baby was taken by Ester,
\n50, and her daughter Lala, who had earlier offered to pay the
\ncost of Helida's medical and maternity expenses.<\/p>\n
Helida said that two hours after she delivered her baby in the
\nPuspita clinic, Grendeng subdistrict, on Feb. 11, Ester's
\ndaughter Lala came and asked her to sign a letter of consent.<\/p>\n
\"I was still only half-conscious when Lala abruptly asked me
\nto sign the letter. I was not even given a chance to read it and
\nI just signed it,\" she said, adding that Lala took her new-born
\nbaby from the clinic immediately.<\/p>\n
Helida said that when her mother, Diah, came to visit her, she
\nwas shocked to find that the baby had gone.<\/p>\n
After Helida told her mother that the baby had been taken by
\nEster's daughter, Diah met Ester to demand that the baby be
\nreturned. But Ester said Helida owed her Rp 1.7 million
\n(US$1,700).<\/p>\n
After negotiations with Ester, the grandmother then agreed to
\npay Rp 4 million to get the baby back.<\/p>\n
When Diah came the following day, Ester said that the baby had
\nbeen taken to Bandung, West Java, by someone called Ook.<\/p>\n
Feeling that something was not right, Diah finally asked
\nlawyer Sanggam M. Tambunan to file a complaint with the police.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the police arrested Ester and her daughter.<\/p>\n
Lala told the police that her mother had given Helida Rp
\n270,000 for the medical treatment and gave her another Rp 1
\nmillion after the baby was born on condition that she gave up her
\nbaby.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Sanggam alleged that Ester might have been working in
\ncahoots with a midwife in the clinic because when Helida received
\nRp 1 million from Lala, the midwife asked why she had not ask for
\nRp 3 million because the baby would be sold for Rp 10 million.<\/p>\n
Helida claimed that she had no idea that she had to give up
\nher baby in return of the money.<\/p>\n
The police are still investigating the baby-trafficking
\ncharges.<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/women-arrested-for-selling-baby-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}