Zarina's dossier to be done soon

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)