American found dead

JAKARTA (JP): An American lawyer was found dead in room 1423 of the Mandarin Oriental in Central Jakarta on Monday afternoon.

The victim, identified as 50-year-old Mark Anthony Christiny, a resident of 205 West 57th Street, New York 10107, was found dead by the bellhop at around 2 p.m.

Central Jakarta Police detectives chief Adj. Sr. Comr. A.R. Yoyol confirmed the incident, but was unable to specify a cause of death.

"We have to wait for the results of the autopsy but so far it hasn't been carried out," Yoyol told The Jakarta Post on Monday evening.(emf)