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ank fraud and money laundering convict Malinda Dee has reportedly been receiving medical treatment outside of prison in Bandung, West Java, for a stroke and for silicone leakage in her breast and buttocks. Malinda is incarcerated at Sukamiskin Penitentiary in Bandung.

Sukamiskin warden Rosnaida Lubis said Malinda, who was sentenced to eight years and had to pay a fine of Rp 10 billion (US$869,500) or face an additional year in prison, had been detained at the penitentiary since Dec. 18, 2013.

Since then, Rosnaida went on, Malinda, a former manager of Citibank Indonesia, had three times undergone treatment outside the prison.

'€œShe suffered a stroke in May this year. Her right lip is slanted and her eyes are swollen, so she had to be treated at the Borromeus Hospital in Bandung,'€ said Rosnaida in Bandung on Friday.

She revealed that Malinda had brought her medical records from Siloam Hospital and Budi Mulyo Hospital in Jakarta.

Rosnaida said Malinda had spent time away from the prison in July because she had to undergo surgery on her breast.

According to Rosnaida, the silicone implant in Malinda'€™s breast had leaked.

The treatment this time, she said, was also due to silicone leakage, but in a different place.

'€œThis time she will undergo surgery on her buttocks. They need to be operated on. She was admitted to the Santosa Hospital in Bandung,'€ said Rosnaida, adding that the treatment began on Sept. 23.

Rosnaida said Malinda was referred to the hospital because her condition was critical.

The prison authorities have, moreover, received references from skin and surgery specialists who treated Malinda in Jakarta.

'€œMalinda pays for her surgery. The cost [to operate on her breast] was Rp 200 million,'€ said Rosnaida, who could not say when Malinda would return to the prison, as she was still undergoing treatment under escort from officers.

One of the 76 female inmates at Sukamiskin prison has filed a complaint to the Indonesian Ombudsman regarding Malinda'€™s absence from prison.

The report follows a visit to the prison by a representative of the ombudsman, who has opened a complaint service for Sukamiskin inmates.

Indonesian Ombudsman report settlement assistant Dominikus Dalu confirmed the report.

He stated that Malinda had, on grounds of health, not been in prison for the past five months.

Photos of Malinda wearing fine kebaya dresses attending a party recently circulated on social media.

She is reported to have attended her daughter'€™s wedding ceremony.

Malinda allegedly embezzled at least Rp 17 billion from Citibank premium customers and laundered the proceeds through material purchases and an investment company. The bank discovered the fraud and reported its former employee three years ago.