tuky

My sister-in-law seems to have a kidney problem.
She is in pain and goes through bad spells where she is hospitalised.
Unfortunately the hospital she goes to in Indo only ever give her some drugs that make her swelling worse.

Lately she has been tying off loose ends and apologising to everyone in her life for the wrongs she has done as she is preparing to die soon.
She is 19 years old.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, nobody is doing anything for her. Her brother took her to see a sensei who said she should just die so the family are doing nothing.

I want to get her to a real hospital and have her diagnosed and treated.

Would a Thai hospital be a good place to start? if so what one would I better off taking her to?
Malaysia?

I know it is her kidneys that are her problem, but she doesn't know what is wrong with them or anything.

What to do?

Here is some of the best news I have heard perhaps in my life.

Finally I will have a place to call home.

Now for all you who still reside in Thailand, I hope the Thais come around also.

New residency rights

for foreign spouses

A LONG-AWAITED immigration bill promising significant and “humane” changes to the way expatriate spouses are treated in Indonesia was due to be considered by a plenary session of the House of Representatives yesterday (Thursday).

The House of Representatives and Ministry of Justice and Human Rights previously signed off on the Bill last week, meaning it could be adopted into law during the plenary session.

Eva Kusuma Sundari, a member of the House Commission III which oversees legal affairs, said that under the Bill expatriates — both men and women — who marry Indonesians would almost certainly automatically be granted a permanent residence permit as long as the Indonesian spouse could provide sponsorship.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) legislator said the law would mean expatriates would not have to renew their limited stay permits (kitas) each year.

Eva said the bill also would allow foreigners to remain in the country after a divorce, provided he or she had been married for 10 years. This was for the sake of any children the couple may have, she said.

Another key point was that foreign spouses would be able to work in the country, Eva said.

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Patrialis Akbar said he was happy the “humane” bill was now ready to be passed. He said that Indonesia was attempting to treat foreigners in Indonesia the same as Indonesians would be treated by other countries.

AMID CHEERS, elation and applause, the House of Representatives passed a new immigration law yesterday (Thursday) that introduced sweeping changes for foreign spouses and children of mixed marriages.

Fahri Hamzah, deputy chairman of House Commission III overseeing legal affairs, spoke of a “breakthrough” as the gavel was banged passing the bill.

House Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso called the new law “monumental,” while Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis

Akbar said the law was aimed at taking good care of citizens’ foreign spouses and children.

“We want to give protection to Indonesian citizens and their foreign relatives,” Patrialis said. “They are the children of Indonesia. Their [foreign] wives and husbands are part of our big family.”

The law, among other things, grants permanent residency to foreigners married to Indonesians and to their children, and allows foreign spouses  to work in the country without sponsorship.

Patrialis said the law would officially become effective when ratified by the president — “30 days at the latest.”

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari told the Jakarta Globe that the law did not address issues such as property ownership related to foreign spouses. These, she said, will be dealt with in the upcoming revision of the Agrarian Law.

“But this is not a small gain. People no longer need to extend their Kitas every year and could still stay here after a divorce, provided they have been married for at least 10 years.

It’s more humane,” she said, referring to the current limited stay permit that has to be renewed annually.

Isabelle Mace Panggabean, 31, said she couldn’t believe the law had finally been passed. Half-French, Isabelle has been married to an Indonesian for five years and the couple has one child.

“I was afraid that this law would never get passed,” she said. “There are too many Bills, and the immigration Bill seemed to get less attention.”

She said that in the past, she had been forced to go through the complicated process of annual Kitas renewal and regretted she was not allowed to work.

“What if my husband falls ill? Then I need [a job] to take care of our child,” she said.

Juliani Wistarina Luthan, who has been married to a Japanese man for 15 years, thanked both the government and the House for

passing the “reformist” law. She said she was happy her husband would no longer need to extend his Kitas.

Julie Mace, a representative of the International Rainbow Alliance and the Indonesian Mixed Marriage Society, said she would wait for the implementation phase of the law before passing judgement.

She expressed hope that related institutions such as the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration would strictly abide by the law, especially when it came to the rights of foreign spouses to work.

“We will keep focusing on the government motions in producing the ministerial decrees and government regulations because the new law will not work effectively without those,” Mace said, adding that the relevant decrees and regulations should be issued within a year.

“In the long term, we want to increase awareness of this law  across the country, so that all state officials know and anderstand there is a new immigration law,” she said.

It would be very important to have these stakeholders involved, she added, because only then would the new policies be implemented smoothly.