Zarina gives birth to baby girl

Zarina gives birth to baby girl

JAKARTA (JP): Jailed Zarina Mirafsur gave birth to a healthy
baby girl weighing 2.8 kilograms at Tangerang Hospital at 12:50
p.m. on Saturday.

"The baby's very fair and has cute, slanty eyes. She's just
beautiful and we hope the best for her," Zarina's sister Zamila
said on Sunday.

Her sister, Zamila said, suffered severe labor pains which
lasted not more than an hour, after which she underwent a painful
caesarean operation.

"Zarina has not been able to sleep a wink since the birth due
to the pains," she said.

None of Zarina's relatives, including Zamila, were willing to
name the father of the newly born girl.

Zarina, also known as Zarima, was dubbed the Ecstasy Queen by
the media after being arrested with some 30,000 ecstasy pills
four years ago.

She was out on probation when the unmarried woman was arrested
again in October last year for another drug offense. The same
court then sentenced her to three months in jail late in June
this year.

Zarina's father Mirafsur Khan was happy with the birth of his
grandchild, and was only willing to talk about the baby.

"Neither I nor Rina have thought of any good names yet," he
said when contacted on Sunday.

Separately, a close friend of Zarina's family said that the
caesarean section was a ploy by Zarina to stay in hospital for
two weeks, instead of the normal few days granted to a new
mother.

"It is one of her ploys. She's just sick of being in jail,"
the person, who requested anonymity, said. (ylt)