Police are no further on in investigating the suspicious death of University of Indonesia (UI) biology student Akseyna Ahad Dori, whose body was found floating in a lake in the university campus in March last year.

Jakarta Police general crimes director Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti said on Wednesday that his office had received no information from Depok Police, regarding developments in the case. "I don't want to comment on it," said Krishna.

The police have yet to confirm the cause of the UI biology student'€™s death, although they initially believed that he committed suicide after finding a note in his rented room in Depok that read, "Will not return, please don'€™t search for me, sorry for everything."

But Akseyna'€™s relatives did not accept that Akseyna committed suicide.

The police later concluded that the circumstances of the death were indeed suspicious and launched a murder investigation

Separately, National Police Commission (Kompolnas) member Adrianus Meliala said the pattern of the death of Akseyna was similar to the killings of Wayan Mirna Salihin, who died after drinking poisoned coffee, and of 8-year-old Engeline Margret Megawe in Bali.

"Such cases have no direct evidence linking the perpetrators to the murders. But they do have have circumstantial evidence that can be used by police," Adrianus told thejakartapost.com on Wednesday.

In Akseyna's case, the police needed to set the deadline to name a suspect because such a lengthy process of investigation was unfair to the relatives of the victim, he added. (bbn)

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