Hundreds of people turned up for a music concert dedicated for new freedom of expression icon Prita Mulyasari, which is now underway at the Hard Rock Café in Central Jakarta.
All the seats available for the concert at the ground floor of the international café chain were occupied as many other attendants did not mind standing as they enjoyed the concert, which is scheduled to close at 8 p.m, kompas.com reported.
A number of artists took part in the charity event called “Coin for Justice Concert”.
Golkar Party member Ferry Mursyidan Baldan said he attended the concert in a show of concern for the country’s judiciary system which he said was unable to deliver justice. Ferry, a former House of Representatives lawmaker, said the concert should call for a popular movement to fight injustice.
Ferry said former vice president Jusuf Kalla had canceled his plan to join the concert as he was out of the town.
The concert followed nationwide collection of coins to pay Rp 204 million in damages after the Tangerang District Court convicted Prita of defaming Omni International Hospital in a civil lawsuit case earlier this month. Prita is also facing criminal charges for posting her complaints about the hospital’s services online.
Organizers of the coin collection movement said over Rp 600 million had been raised so far and might hit Rp 1 billion at the conclusion of the program. They said the outcome of the fund raising program would be announced at the end of the concert.
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