Zarina's dossier to be done soon

JAKARTA (JP): Police promised yesterday to complete Ecstasy- case suspect Zarina's dossier by early next month.

Head of the Jakarta crime investigation directorate, Col. Paimin Aboeamr, said police wanted to try Zarina soon.

"We hope that the dossier of her case can be completed within two weeks after she was again officially declared a suspect upon her arrival from Houston on Sunday," Paimin said.

Zarina was arrested in West Jakarta on Aug. 7 for possessing of 29,677 Ecstasy pills but escaped a day later during a police escort.

She was re-arrested on Nov. 4 in Houston, the United States, and brought to Jakarta two weeks later.

Paimin said Zarina was willing to be interrogated by police detectives only yesterday morning.

"She said she was still suffering from jet lag so she couldn't be questioned during daytime here," Paimin said.

Questioning started at 11 a.m. yesterday.

"There's no new or different statements from the suspect," Paimin said. Zarina was very cooperative during the interrogation, he said.

The interrogation, which will continue today, covered everything about the Ecstasy pills police found in a safety box in the house Zarina rented, he said.

In a related development, Jakarta Metropolitan Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata said yesterday detectives had been assigned to track people believed to have been involved in Zarina's escape and the Ecstasy pills.

"We'll chase those involved in her case, whoever and whatever they are," Hamami said.

Shortly after her arrival on Sunday, Zarina was charged with drug trafficking, immigration violations and bringing weapons in from overseas without proper papers.

She could not be charged for her escape because the existing laws did not yet mentioned such a violation, police said. (bsr)