Marsinah case near end: police

Marsinah case near end: police

SURABAYA: Police here claim that the investigation into the
1993 murder of labor activist Marsinah is close to being
completed.

Head of the Police Detectives directorate at the provincial
police headquarters, Col. Suharto, said "the investigation is
almost finished."

Suharto said one of the stages of the investigation would be
to send blood samples found on various pieces of evidence to
Australia for DNA testing.

The procedure is necessary in determining whether the blood
stains really belong to Marsinah, Suharto said.

Suharto also said that two forensic experts from the
University of Airlangga had been asked to assist the police with
the investigation, which was reopened in February of this
year.(08)