Oki trial to begin this week<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The long-awaited trial of Harnoko Dewantoro,
\nbetter known as Oki, for his alleged involvement in a triple
\nmurder in the United States will begin on Thursday, a court
\nofficial said.<\/p>\n
According to Budiman Sijabat, head of the crime division at
\nthe Central Jakarta district court, the team of judges will be
\nmade up of I.G.K. Sukarata, the head of the court, Subardi and
\nAlboin Sianipar.<\/p>\n
J. Kamaru, M. Yamin, R. Widyo Pramono and M. Yusuf make up the
\nteam of prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Oki, 32, is accused of killing his brother, Eri Tri Harto
\nDarmawan, 26, his woman friend Gina Sutan Aswar, 28, and his
\nIndian business colleague, Suresh Mischandani, 45, on separate
\noccasions in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.<\/p>\n
Oki, who will be defended by lawyer Ruhut Sitompul, was
\narrested in Central Jakarta in January 1995. He was tried for and
\nfound guilty of passport forgery in June that year, for which he
\nis now serving a two-year sentence at the Cipinang penitentiary
\nin East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Earlier, prosecutor Kamaru said that 122 pieces of evidence
\nwould be presented before the court, including cases allegedly
\nused to store the bodies and a box used to store the weapon
\nallegedly used to shoot one of the victims.<\/p>\n
The testimonies of 41 witnesses will be heard, Kamaru added,
\nincluding 23 witnesses from the U.S. (14)<\/p>",
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