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Police ready to face Jessica’s pretrial motion
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Maintaining innocence: Jessica Kumala Wongso is escorted to the Jakarta Police’s detention center after undergoing questioning on Jan.30. Jessica has been named a suspect in a case surrounding the death of her friend, Wayan Mirna Salihin, who died after drinking cyanide-laced coffee at a Jakarta restaurant in January. The suspect has maintained her innocence in the case. The police said on Wednesday that they were ready to face the pretrial motion filed by Jessica to challenge her suspect status.
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he Jakarta Police are ready to face the pretrial motion filed by lawyers representing Jessica Kumala Wongso, a suspect in the alleged premeditated murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin, according to a Jakarta Police spokesperson.
"The police are ready to face the pretrial motion. We're sure that our hard work and case investigation have complied with the existing standard operating procedure," Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Muhammad Iqbal said on Wednesday.
Earlier, Jessica’s lawyer, Andi Jusuf, said that he had filed a pretrial hearing request with the Central Jakarta district court last Friday. The first pretrial hearing is scheduled to be held on Feb.23.
Iqbal said the move to name Jessica a suspect in the murder case, to arrest and detain her, to search her residence and to confiscate evidence were all based on Criminal Code procedures (KUHAP).
Neither the Jakarta Police nor Jessica’s lawyer team have revealed the major reason behind the suspect’s decision to file a pretrial motion.
Iqbal said that it was the right of everyone involved in a legal case to file a pretrial motion.
Police have yet to hand Jessica’s case dossier over to prosecutors. In an effort to further strengthen case evidence, investigators say they would like to ensure that all evidence is scientific in nature before handing the dossier over to the court and prosecutors. (ebf)
