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Fri, 02/27/2009 - 22:56
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FIVE SUSPECTS NAMED IN ILLEGAL ABORTION PRACTICE CASE
Jakarta, Feb. 27 (ANTARA) - Police in the Johar Baru area of Central Jakarta on Friday named five people suspects in the operation of an illegal abortion clinic police raided the day before.
The five suspects were identified by their initials as AU (doctor), AT (the clinic's owner), TA (patient), JE (patient) and EH (patient), Senior Commissioner Zulkarnain, a spokesman of the Jakarta Police, said here on Friday.
"The number of suspects may increase as the grilling of witnesses is still going on," Zulkarnain said.
Police raided the illegal abortion clinic located on Percetakan Negara street, Central Jakarta, on Thursday (Feb. 26).
The police also dug holes at several spots on the clinic's premises where they suspected fetuses were buried. The police did did dried up blood clots and shreds of flesh suspected to be parts of buried fetuses.
"Today, the Jakarta Police have deployed a medical team to help check the locations where fetuses may have been buried," he said.
The police suspected that the illegal abortion clinic had been in operation for the last 10 years and hundreds of fetuses had been aborted.
Indonesian law forbids abortion except in cases where the mother's life is in danger, the unborn child is deformed, or in cases of incest and rape.
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The five suspects were identified by their initials as AU (doctor), AT (the clinic's owner), TA (patient), JE (patient) and EH (patient), Senior Commissioner Zulkarnain, a spokesman of the Jakarta Police, said here on Friday.
"The number of suspects may increase as the grilling of witnesses is still going on," Zulkarnain said.
Police raided the illegal abortion clinic located on Percetakan Negara street, Central Jakarta, on Thursday (Feb. 26).
The police also dug holes at several spots on the clinic's premises where they suspected fetuses were buried. The police did did dried up blood clots and shreds of flesh suspected to be parts of buried fetuses.
"Today, the Jakarta Police have deployed a medical team to help check the locations where fetuses may have been buried," he said.
The police suspected that the illegal abortion clinic had been in operation for the last 10 years and hundreds of fetuses had been aborted.
Indonesian law forbids abortion except in cases where the mother's life is in danger, the unborn child is deformed, or in cases of incest and rape.
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