Migrant worker freed

Wed, 20 Jun 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): A migrant worker, jailed for abandoning her
newborn in a Garuda Indonesia aircraft toilet, was freed after
serving seven and a half months in prison.

Tangerang's female penitentiary freed Imas, 27, on Monday
afternoon after receiving a copy of West Java High Court's ruling
that Imas' jail term had been reduced from 10 months to seven
months.

Imas' lawyers from the Women Solidarity-Indonesian Migrant
Workers Legal Aid Institute (SP-LABMI) have been seeking her
release following the high court's decision, but the penitentiary
refused to release Imas until it received a copy of the ruling.

Imas has been detained since Nov. 2, 2000, one day after she
delivered her baby.

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