Presiding judge in the high-profile murder trial involving anti-graft body leader Antasari Azhar instructed state prosecutors to bring key witness Rhani Juliani to the next hearing.
"The prosecutors must bring the witness even if they have to force her," presiding judge Herri Swantoro said, before closing Tuesday's hearing in the South Jakarta District Court.
The six-hour-long hearing, starting at 9 a.m. heard testimony from four witnesses: Sri Martuti, Nasruddin's first wife, Irawati Arienda, Nasruddin's second wife, Suparmin, Nasruddin's driver and Rusli, a police officer who was first at the crime scene.
Before the hearing started, lead prosecutor Cirus Sinaga told the panel of judges that they had sent a letter to Rhani asking her to testify at the hearing but had received no response as of Tuesday morning.
The judges reprimanded the prosecutors for their 'disorganized' work.
After Suparmin, the fourth witness, finished giving his testimony, the prosecutors finally confirmed Rhani's absence by showing a letter they had received during the hearing from Rhani's lawyer, saying their client could not come to the court, citing health reasons.
Antasari, former chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), is currently on trial for allegedly masterminding the murder of businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen, Rhani's husband.
Nasruddin, a director in state pharmaceutical company PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Tangerang in March this year.
In their indictment, the prosecutors believed that Antasari wanted to kill Nasruddin who blackmailed him after he caught Antasari and Rhani in flagrante delicto in a room at the Grand Mahakam hotel last year.
The next hearing will be held on Thursday.
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