Thu, 21 Nov 1996

Oki's trial continues

JAKARTA (JP): The trial of Oki, the man accused of committing a triple murder in Los Angeles, USA, will resume at the Central Jakarta District Court tomorrow after a three week delay.

Tomorrow's session will include testimonies from foreign witnesses and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers, RCTI television station reported yesterday.

Oki, 31, is being tried for murdering two friends, Gina Sutan Aswar, an Indonesian woman, and Suresh G. Mirchandani, an Indian national, and his younger brother Triharto Darmawan.

The prosecution said the murders were committed in Los Angeles between August 1991 and November 1992.

The trial was postponed so the court speed up the PDI rioters' trials. (sur)