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he Jakarta Police announced on Thursday that they had named US chiropractor Randall Cafferty and Malaysian national Khan Wain Min suspects in an alleged malpractice case that claimed the life of Allya Sisca Nadya.

Khan is the owner of the Chiropractic First chain of clinics that employed Cafferty.

The Police said Cafferty would face multiple charges: violating Article 122 of Immigration Law No. 6/2011 on visa purpose with a maximum penalty of five years behind bars; Article 191 of Law No. 36/2009 on malpractice, bearing a maximum penalty of one year behind bars and a maximum Rp 100 million (US$7,166) fine; and articles 83 and 84 of Law No. 36/2014 on running a medical practice without a permit, which carries a maximum penalty of six years behind bars.

Meanwhile, Khan, who is currently at large, is to be charged with Article 185 and Article 42 of law No. 13/2003 on employing a non-licensed employee.

The announcement came after police investigators on Wednesday exhumed the body of 33-year-old Allya to conduct an autopsy.

According to Jakarta Police general crimes director Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti, the force also performed a crime reconstruction in the afternoon.

'€œBoth [the autopsy and the crime reconstruction] confirmed that the suspect [Randall] had performed therapy [on Allya] without following proper legal-medical procedures,'€ Krishna told reporters at a press briefing at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Thursday.

He did not specify how the suspect'€™s illegal behavior had brought about the death of the victim, noting only that the latter had suffered neck-swelling after a session with Cafferty at a Chiropractic First clinic at Pondok Indah Mall in South Jakarta on Aug. 6 last year.

'€œTestimony from witnesses and our own evidence lead to the same conclusion. Many witnesses, including medical experts, have told us that the cause of death was neck-swelling,'€ he explained.

Besides not following proper medical procedure, Cafferty was also suspected of having no legal documents allowing him to exercise his profession in Indonesia, Krishna went on.

'€œThe suspect conducted his practice as if he had valid documents,'€ he said, adding that the suspect had also violated immigration law by overstaying his visa, in addition to working in Indonesia on a business visa.

The police are currently searching for Cafferty, who has ignored two police summonses. He was previously reported to have left Indonesia, but Krishna said on Wednesday that according to information from the directorate general of immigration, he was still in the country.

According to Allya'€™s father, Alfian Helmy, Allya decided to register for therapy at the clinic after complaining of minor pain in her neck after carrying a backpack containing a laptop.

After the first session, Alfian said, his daughter felt even greater pain in her neck. He and his wife took Allya to Pondok Indah Hospital (RSPI) in South Jakarta, where she died shortly after being admitted.

The family decided to file a complaint at the Jakarta Police after they consulted with an RSPI doctor who suspected Allya'€™s death to have been the result of malpractice.