Police halt probe into Ribena case

Wed, 23 Jun 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SURABAYA: Police in Surabaya halted their investigation into
Ribena beverages after laboratory tests found no poisonous
substances in the currant-flavored beverage, according to East
Surabaya Police chief of detectives Adj. Comr. Sudibyo.

The case grabbed the public's attention last month when 40
elementary school students were hospitalized after drinking
Ribena beverages, which had been distributed by producer
GlaxoSmithKline to Bharata Jaya I elementary school as part of a
promotional drive.

With the Ribena beverages no longer believed to be the cause
of the children's sickness, Sudibyo said officers were looking
into other possible causes. -- JP

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