Body found in waterway

Body found in waterway

JAKARTA (JP): The fully-clothed body of an unidentified man in
his 20s was found floating in Banjir Kanal waterway in Tanah
Abang, Central Jakarta, on Sunday morning.

According to a police officer from Tanah Abang police
subprecinct, the deceased was found at 9:30 a.m. by local
teenagers who were playing football in a nearby field.

The body was swollen but bore no signs of violence, said the
officer, who asked not to be named.

"We found an identification card on his person but the
photograph did not match the dead man's face," the officer said.

Police believe the victim may have died an accidental death
after falling into the river near to where his body was found.
However they did not dismiss the possibility of foul play being
involved.

The body was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital for
a postmortem examination.

As of last night, nobody had appeared to claim the body,
forcing forensic experts to delay the examination, a member of
the hospital's morgue staff, Sodikin, said. (ind)