Cempaka Belanda: Facebook group thwarts libel case in Indonesia

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Facebook group thwarts libel case in Indonesia

NRC International, December 2009 12:18, by Elske Schouten in Jakarta

Bags of coins collected for Prita. (Photo Reuters)

A pregnant housewife complained about the treatment she received in a Jakarta hospital. She has become a national champion for free speech in Indonesia.

Prita Mulyarsi cried tears of joy after being acquitted of libel on Wednesday. The pregnant housewife, and mother of two, thanked Allah and her supporters who stood by her in her legal battle, that has lasted a year an a half.

Prita was put up in prison in May, after she sent 20 of her friends an email complaining of her poor treatment in Omni International Hospital in Tangerang, a suburb of Jakarta. The hospital had diagnosed her with dengue fever and given her shots to fight the disease. When her symptoms kept getting worse, she decided to get a second opinion. At another hospital, she learned she had the mumps.

Through her friends her email ended up on blogs and the social networking site Facebook. Omni hospital was not amused and promptly filed suit for libel. Far from the public eye, Prita was sentenced to pay a 261 million rupiah in damages (approximately 18,600 euros), an amount that will take the average Indonesian years to acquire.

But while Prita was in prison, the Indonesian blogosphere leapt into action. A Facebook group was set up for Pita, who quickly became a national champion for free speech.

The case quickly became fodder for politicians, who were in the middle of a presidential campaign. Candidate Megawati Soukarnoputri visited Prita in jail. Parliament questioned the hospital management and the public prosecutor's office said it would look into Prita’s conviction.

But in the end, it were normal, everyday citizens came to Prita’s rescue. Earlier this month she was convicted on appeal and sentenced to a 204 million rupiah fine. Her 137,000 Facebook friends promptly began collecting money to help pay it. Bicycle cabbies, children and street vendors donated more than 800 million rupiah in small change, which they intended to leave on the doorstep of the hospital.

But the hospital has since said it would waiver the fine. The public prosecutor, however, has said it might still appeal Prita’s acquittal Wednesday.

The money has ended up in Prita’s bank account in the meantime. The central bank collected 176 bags of coins last week for deposit in her account. Prita has said she intends to use the money to help people in a predicament similar to her own.

Prita’s case is by no means unique. Indonesia’s libel laws are often used to curtail freedom of speech. Last month, actress Luna Maya was sued after she called the paparazzi “worse than murderers and prostitutes” in a Twitter message. The tabloid press filed suit under the Electronic Information and Transactions law, the same used to get Prita behind bars.

Even the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become entangled in a similar case. George Junus Aditjondro, a prominent sociologist and journalist, published a book this week connecting him with corrupt practices surrounding the bailout of a bank. Some bookstores are afraid to carry the expose in stock. The public prosecutor has announced he might seek a ban on the book.

But if the Prita case has proven one thing, it is that libel-cases are not fought out in courtrooms alone. Currently ten million Indonesians have Facebook accounts, and while legal proceedings dragged on, online Indonesia had already found her not guilty.

Meanwhile, the Omni hospital finds itself in the midst of a public relations nightmare. It reputation, which was dismal to begin with, hit a new low when evidence was uncovered showing Prita’s prosecutors received free treatment at the hospital shortly after the pregnant housewife was arrested.

President Yudhoyono might be well advised not to censor the controversial book about him. A Facebook page dedicated to the writer last Tuesday currently has 776 members and counting.