Family to claim Japanese man's body

Family to claim Japanese man's body

JAKARTA (JP): The family of a Japanese businessman who was
found dead last Saturday will travel to Indonesia to claim the
body, an embassy official said on Monday.

Cultural Council of the Japanese Embassy, Sachiko Furuya, told
The Jakarta Post that the embassy had contacted the family of the
deceased Wasao Fukumoto.

However, the family requested the embassy keep their arrival
confidential, Furuya said, without further elaboration.

Furuya said the embassy had left the investigation of the
matter to the Indonesian police.

Fukumoto, a jewelry trader, was reportedly found dead by a
bellboy in a room at Hotel Indonesia with severe stab wounds to
his stomach and chest.

Meanwhile Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul
Alam said the police still could not conclude whether Fukumoto
was murdered as the police were still waiting for the results of
the postmortem examination on the deceased.

When asked to comment on reports of stab wounds, Anton said,
"That's what the media said. Did the journalists check the
body?"(07/emf)