Relatives of Wayan Mirna Salihin, a young woman who died after drinking a cyanide-laced coffee, have expressed their hope that the police can immediately uncover the identity of the killer.

Mirna's family, namely her father, mother, husband and twin sister, on Thursday visited the Jakarta Police headquarters to fulfill a police summons.

"Imagine if a person who kills another with cyanide is not punished. All of you could be [easily] poisoned by cyanide," said Darmawan Salihin, Mirna'€™s father, adding that the questioning had focused on Mirna'€™s biodata.

He did not reveal any other details about the questioning, while Mirna'€™s other relatives declined to make any comment.

Darmawan said he did not know Jessica Kumala Wongso and Hani, who were with Mirna at the Olivier café in Jakarta when she drank the coffee that was believed to have caused her death. The police have raided Jessica's house and questioned her several times about the incident.

Based on the investigation, Mirna, Hani and Jessica met at the café. Jessica arrived first and ordered cocktails and a Vietnamese iced coffee. Mirna and Hani then arrived and Mirna drank the coffee. She subsequently suffered from convulsions and foaming at the mouth. She was rushed to the hospital, but died shortly afterwards.

Darmawan said he met Jessica for the first time at the hospital when Mirna was rushed there soon after the incident.

He said Mirna had recently started managing a company owned by the family. "I handed over one of my companies to her. She had only just begun to manage it,'€ he added.

Apart from questioning Mirna's family members to collect details on her personal life, the police have also sought information from the Australian Federal Police about Mirna'€™s time living in the country.

The Jakarta Police'€™s general crimes chief Khrisna Murti said earlier that the police were not in a rush to reveal the murder suspect because they had to question more people first.

"We are being really careful in handling this case," Khrisna said, adding that the police particularly needed to find a pair of trousers that Jessica had worn during the incident.

Yudi Wibowo, Jessica's lawyer, said the trousers were thrown out by Jessica'€™s maid because they were badly torn when Jessica helped to carry Mirna from the café.

"We have questioned Jessica's servant but we will not reveal the results right now," Khrisna said. (bbn)(+)

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