Poisonous fish sent to Denpasar

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: East Flores Regency Police sent on Wednesday the sample of cooked puffer fish to a forensic laboratory in Denpasar, Bali to bring to light the death of five local residents in Sina Malaka subdistrict here.

The five local residents perished after eating the poisonous puffer fish, which they caught in nearby waters.

Chief of East Flores Regency Police Adj. Sr. Comr. Darto Juhardono said that the dispatch of the sample was aimed at determining whether the residents really died due to eating the fish. -- JP