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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe and agencies

Indonesian families sue government over deaths from syrup medicines

A pharmacy in Jakarta, Indonesia displays a sign that says the sale of medicinal syrup has been temporarily halted.
A pharmacy in Jakarta, Indonesia, displays a sign saying the sale of medicinal syrup has been temporarily halted. Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

A dozen families, whose relatives died or fell ill after consuming cough syrup medicines, have sued the Indonesian government and companies accused of supplying the products.

At least 199 people, many of them young children, have died as a result of acute kidney injury since August, prompting the government to ban some syrup medicines and launch an investigation.

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