The Closure Of Illegal Abortion Clinic In Senen, Central Jakarta, Can't Be Done

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Yusri Yunus (Public Relations Doc of Polda Metro Jaya)

JAKARTA - The closure of a number of abortion clinics in the Senen area, Central Jakarta by the police together with the DKI Jakarta Health Office is difficult. This is because the public acknowledges that the clinic is not disadvantaged.

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Yusri Yunus, said that his party had taken to the field several times. However, local residents always claim that they have never felt disadvantaged by the presence of these abortion clinics.

"The problem is, we ask the people in their locations, they always say they don't get a loss, this is what hinders, sometimes there are those who can profit by selling," Yusri told reporters, Thursday, September 3.

The practice of illegal abortion in these clinics seems to be cat and mouse with officers. When action is carried out in one clinic, the other clinics will temporarily disappear.

For example, when the police took action against the Paseban abortion clinic, Central Jakarta, in February 2020. After the prosecution, no illegal abortion clinic had opened its practice anymore. But after some time, similar clinics appeared one by one.

Finally, the police raided the abortion clinic in Raden Saleh in early August. In fact, based on the results of the clinical examination, it has been operating since five years ago.

"These are cat and mouse. After the raid, all of them will be lying down for three to four months. There is a possibility that they will move their places," said Yusri.

Previously, at the disclosure of the abortion clinic on Jalan Raden Saleh, the police named 17 suspects consisting of doctors, nurses, servants, brokers and the perpetrators who had aborted their wombs.

This case was revealed based on the floating case of the murder of a citizen of origin (WNA) from Taiwan, Hsu Ming Hu. This is because the suspect with the initials S had an abortion at the clinic.

The articles imposed on the suspects include Articles 299, 346, 348 paragraph 1 and 349 of the Criminal Code and Article 194 in conjunction with Article 75 concerning health and Article 77A in conjunction with Article 45A of the Child Protection Law.