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Jessica Kumala Wongso leaned back on her seat in the courtroom of the Central Jakarta District Court, gulped a few times and looked uncomfortably to her right where members of her defense team were sitting, sensing that the day would not end well for her.
The trial of Jessica Kumala Wongso, who allegedly murdered her friend by pouring cyanide into her coffee, has arguably turned into an exhausting media circus. Each court session is broadcasted nationwide, every word and every gesture scrutinized to the point of irritation — even as some basic facts have not been established yet.
A chemical toxicologist from the University of Indonesia's School of Mathematics and Science who appeared as an expert witness for murder defendant Jessica Kumala Wongso challenged prosecutors to make cyanide-laced Vietnamese coffee in court to prove the validity of the testimony of the National Police toxicologist who claimed Wayan Mirna Salihin died from cyanide poisoning.
A chemical toxicologist testifying for murder defendant Jessica Kumala Wongso has questioned the method used by the police's toxicologist to determine the poison type found in victim Wayan Mirna Salihin's body as it was not clearly stated in the police report.
