Officials silent on Oki's dossier

Officials silent on Oki's dossier

JAKARTA (JP): Officials at the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutors' Office kept their cards close to their chests yesterday over the dossier of Oki, who is accused of committing three murders in Los Angeles.

The head of the office, Djenal Achmad, refused to answer reporters' questions on the case, saying "I am not competent to speak on this. Please ask the office spokesman."

However, Spokesperson Petrus Sambara said, "No comment today."

I Ketut Suwara, who is the assistant investigator in charge of special crime and Mulyono, his counterpart in charge of general crime, revealed nothing about Oki's dossier.

The City Police returned the dossier of Harnoko Dewanto, nicknamed Oki, to the prosecutors office after correcting it late last year.

City Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said in November of last year that the trial of the murder case might start in December 1995 or January this year.

Oki is accused of killing his natural brother Tri Harto Darmawan, his female friend Gina Sutan Aswar and his Indian business colleague Suresh Michandani in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.

The 31-year-old man, who was arrested in Jakarta early last year, is currently serving a two-year jail term at Cipinang penitentiary for passport forgery. (16/sur)