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Newsflash

Indonesian ladies released 8 June

 

 

Eti Pangesti, Dr Rebekka Zakaria and Ratna Bangun at a press conference on the morning of their release

A small crowd gathered to welcome Dr Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun as they walked free from the Indramayu district prison in West Java, Indonesia on 8 June at 6:00am, three hours earlier than the scheduled time, to avoid the Muslim crowd and possible disruptive action.

They had served nearly two years of their three-year sentence.

Riding on a bus provided by Open Doors, they were escorted by seven cars that comprised a lawyer, close families and relatives, members and security officers of a Christian political party, and several local media crew.

Eti Pangesti, Dr Rebekka Zakaria and Ratna Bangun display their official release papers

"The ladies will be on parole until February 2009," lawyer Aris Wibowo reported.

Dr Rebekka is no longer able to work as a doctor in Indramayu as her medical licence was revoked by the Indonesian Doctors Institution (IDI) due to her imprisonment.

If she can't practise medicine in or near Indramayu, she says she will "chase my childhood dream instead, of becoming a missionary doctor."

Ratna will return home to pay homage to her father, who passed away two months ago.

The ladies with their husbands and other family members

Eti, mother of three, has yet to finalise her plans. A special reception had been prepared in her house.

Please pray

Dr Rebekka said, "We still need your prayers. First, please pray for the congregation. We are still looking for a place to conduct worship services; Islamic extremists are still scrutinising us; we must be very cautious about this."

"Second, please pray for us and our families; pray that we would stand firm and strong in the Lord, in whatever we do."


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