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View all search resultsRiau Police nab former pageant finalist for running unlicensed beauty clinic
Suspect claimed to be a doctor without any proper education in offering various beaty treatments.
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Local beauty clinics that specialize in the use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes advertise that their treatments can help patients overcome flagging energy, poor skin elasticity and even decreased sexual desire. (Shutterstock/File)
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etectives from Riau Police arrested a former finalist of the 2014 Putri Indonesia pageant for opening a beauty clinic without a license and conducting high-risk medial procedures without any expertise.
Special Crimes Investigation Director Sr. Comr. Ade Kuncoro said the suspect, identified as JRF, was arrested after she ignored two summonses for questioning. Detectives from Sub-Directorate IV, which handles health and cosmetics cases, arrested her in her family residence in Bukit Ambacang area in Bukittingi city, West Sumatra.
“She is already named a suspect because detectives already have more than two pieces of legitimate evidence,” he said on Thursday.
He said that JRF managed Arauna Beauty Clinic on Jl. Tengku Bey in Pekanbaru, which offered various aesthetic treatments. The suspect also claimed to be a doctor to her patients.
“She offered various aesthetic treatments and promoted them through social media,” he said.
“Her clinic is believed to start in 2019 and she charged up to Rp 16 million [US$924.58] for one treatment.”
Ade said JRF did not have any formal education in medical or health field and only took a short training in Jakarta in 2019. The certificate was obtained improperly because it was aimed at medical or health professionals. She used the certificate to open the beauty clinic.
