Nurse detained after selling baby

Nurse detained after selling baby

DENPASAR, Bali: The police here on Tuesday arrested a 38 year-
old nurse for allegedly brokering an illegal adoption of a
newborn baby girl, and falsifying the baby's hospital-issued
birth certificate.

Denpasar police precinct chief Adjutant Commissioner Helmy
Santika said that nurse Ni Ketut Suriyanty had illegally brokered
the adoption of a baby girl belonging to Nyoman Suandri, who gave
birth through a caesarean process on May 5 at Panti Rahayu
hospital, where the suspect worked.

"The baby's biological mother, Nyoman Suandri, was unable to
pay the hospital bill. She asked the suspect to temporarily take
care of the baby while she left the hospital to raise sufficient
funds to pay the bill," Helmy said.

The suspect later gave the girl to a childless couple I Nyoman
Gede Setiawan and I Gusti Ayu Widiastuti and received Rp 7
million in return.

The suspect denied that she had illegally brokered the
adoption, arguing that the baby's biological mother had given her
permission for the adoption.

"In fact, she asked me to find a good family that was willing
to take care and nurture her baby daughter. I was only helping
her," she said. --JP