Sister testifies in court she bought safe for Zarina

Sister testifies in court she bought safe for Zarina

JAKARTA (JP): Zarina's sister testified Thursday that Zarina,
on trial for Ecstasy possession, production and distribution, had
ordered her to buy a safe in August last year.

Zarina was arrested by police in August when police raided her
house and confiscated a safe containing 29,677 Ecstasy pills and
Rp 100,000 (US$41).

Zamila Mir told the West Jakarta District Court she was not
aware of the real reason her sister wanted a safe. She just
complied, she said.

Zamila said she bought the safe on Aug. 1 for Rp 800,000 and
gave it to Zarina. She said the next day she taught Zarina how to
open it using two keys.

"There were three sets of keys, and Zarina gave one set to
me," Zamila said.

A week later, while police officers were raiding Zarina's
house, Zamila got a call from her asking her to bring the keys
and show her how to use them, she said.

Zamila said she was surprised by the request but decided her
sister had not fully understood how to open the safe.

Zamila said she went to the house but could not find her
sister. When she was told Zarina had been taken to Tangerang
police precinct she went there with two friends.

Zamila said that at the precinct she gave the keys to Nurfan,
who drove her there, and he gave them to the police, because they
would not let her meet Zarina.

She also told the court that she believed the safe had not
been brought for Zarina but for her friend, Roy, a Eurasian with
wavy hair.

Zarina's neighbor later testified he had met a man with these
features in front of Zarina's gate.

Ismet Anwar, her neighbor, added that a few days before Zarina
was arrested he had heard she had just returned from a trip to
the Netherlands.

The hearing was postponed until next Monday. (13)