Damanik investigation incomplete

Damanik investigation incomplete

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi Police said they were
be unable to comply with state prosecutors' demands to wrap up
their investigation into Rev. Reinaldi Damanik, who has been
accused of inciting sectarian violence in Poso.

"The police have questioned 14 witnesses, but we expect to
summon two other key witnesses in the coming weeks," the chief
detective with Central Sulawesi police, Adj. Sr. Comr. Ricky F.
Wakanno, said on Wednesday.

Wakanno was responding to the Central Sulawesi Prosecutors'
Office demand that police complete the investigation, as the
trial was scheduled for December this year.

The two witnesses were Sartop, Damanik's driver, and Posende,
a staff member at the local church in Central Sulawesi.

Damanik was declared a suspect in August for possessing dozens
of rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, supposedly
intended for use by Christians in the prolonged sectarian
conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. -- Antara