Court told of blood type error

JAKARTA (JP): Experts from the police department admitted to a court hearing yesterday that erroneous data had been submitted as evidence.

Herlina, a first lieutenant of police laboratory and forensics department, confirmed to the East Jakarta district court that the blood type of Gilang Fauzi, one of five murder victims, is B, clearing away the team of judges' confusion regarding the listing of two different blood types in the police report.

Herlina appeared as a witness for the second time in the trial of Philipus Kia Lejab, the prime suspect in last October's murder of a family in Bambu Apus subdistrict, East Jakarta. She was testifying to correct errors in the report attributed to typographical mistakes.

Prosecutors will present the criminal charges against all five defendants next Monday. (14)