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Two Australians arrested over illegal chiropractic clinics
Closed: A police officer seals a Chiropractic First clinic at Pondok Indah Mall, South Jakarta, on Jan 7
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span class="inline inline-center">Closed: A police officer seals a Chiropractic First clinic at Pondok Indah Mall, South Jakarta, on Jan 7. The clinic was closed by the police following claims of malpractice, which allegedly caused the death of patient Allya Siska Nadya.(JP/Seto Wardhana)
Two Australian nationals were arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly operating illegal chiropractic clinics in Jakarta and Bali.
'The people had tried to escape from the police arrest through the roof of their house,' said the head of the Jakarta Police's general crime division, Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti, on Thursday.
The two were identified by police as Antony Dawson, allegedly the owner of the clinics, and Thomas Dawson, whom police claim to be a fake doctor who offered services in the clinics.
During his interrogation, police say Dawson told them that he had one clinic in Bali and five in Jakarta.
Police shut down all Chiropractic First clinics in Jakarta several weeks ago after the emergence of an alleged malpractice case that they claim caused the death of a woman, Allya Siska Nadya, who received treatment from one of the clinics.
Allya reportedly went to the Chiropractic First clinic in Pondok Indah Mall on Aug. 5 last year for a consultation for neck pain. She underwent her first session with Randall Cafferty, an American doctor, on Aug. 6 to address the problem.
However, when Allya returned home she suffered from severe pain in her neck and she died on Aug. 7 in the hospital, which issued a medical report saying she had died with abnormalities in her neck bones.
The police have named a number of suspects in connection with the case, including Cafferty, who reportedly had already returned to his country. (bbn)(+)
