Woman's death still a mystery

Woman's death still a mystery

JAKARTA (JP): Investigators are awaiting autopsy results of
Desi Susanti, who died shortly after she was taken to Cipto
Mangukusumo General Hospital by military police officers on
Wednesday afternoon.

Her body was transported by plane to her hometown in
Pekanbaru, Riau, for burial.

A relative said Desi, 21, had family members in Jakarta, but
she preferred to stay at a her boardinghouse on Jl. Lauzer.

"I don't know personal details about her," the relative said
at the hospital's morgue on Thursday.

On Wednesday, a hospital official said there was a foamy
discharge from the woman's mouth when she died.

Jakarta Military Police Commander Col. Mungkono Mursidi said
he was waiting for postmortem findings.

"We also have asked assistance from the Central Jakarta
Police's crime laboratory to examine liquids ingested by the
victim," he told The Jakarta Post late Thursday.

According to Mungkono, Desi tried on Wednesday to meet Sgt.
Siswanto, a military police officer who was formerly assigned to
a military police battalion headquarters on Jl. Kebon Sirih,
Central Jakarta.

A security guard left her in the battalion's waiting room
while he looked for Siswanto.

He was unable to locate Siswanto and returned to find Desi
collapsed on the waiting room floor. Next to her body was a
plastic pack containing an unidentified liquid.

He asked two colleagues to help him take the critically ill
woman to the hospital. Hospital officials said the men initially
refused to sign registration forms for the woman's admittance and
left the hospital without notification. Two of the men later
returned and complied with hospital procedures.

"We will soon identify Siswanto and where he is assigned now,"
said Mungkono.

Police are investigating Desi's death.(asa)