Court delays euthanasia ruling

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court has delayed issuing a decision on the legality of euthanasia on an appeal by Bogor resident Hasan Kesuma, whose wife Agian Isna Naili has been in a "persistent vegetative state" for more than three months.

Judge Cicut Sutiarso said on Friday the panel of judges and an expert team were still studying the request, which was filed with the court on Oct. 22.

"We will deliver the decision to the husband on Monday," he said.

Hasan had made an earlier plea to the Bogor Council to allow euthanatize his wife, who is being treated at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta, but was turned down.

Agian fell into a coma after undergoing a post-natal surgical procedure at Bogor Islamic Hospital. -- JP