The police have confirmed that the death of Wayan Mirna Salihin was caused by cyanide poisoning, but they have not come to any definitive conclusion as to who laced Mirna's coffee in a restaurant in a mall in Central Jakarta on Jan. 6.



"Our investigation is now to clarify what happened and find a suspect," said head of Jakarta Police's general crime division Sr. Corm. Krishna Murti in Jakarta on Monday.



Assistant head of the National Police forensics laboratory Sr. Comr. Hudi Suryanto said on Monday that evidence of cyanide poisoning came from an examination of the coffee drunk by Mirna and from her autopsy.



"We carried out more than one test to get an accurate examination result. Therefore, we are sure that the result is accurate," Hudi told the journalists.



In the coffee she drank and in Mirna's stomach contents, police found traces of natrium cyanide (NaCN), which was not present in the restaurant's coffee stock.



"The possibility that the cyanide was inserted during the coffee-making process is small, but we will examine it further," said Khrisna.



"We still cannot confirm the level of cyanide in Mirna's body because the police's forensics laboratory has not issued an official statement," Khrisna added, referring to a previous report that the amount of cyanide in the coffee was 15 grams.



However, Hudi is satisfied that the cyanide level in Mirna's body was high given the speed at which it killed Mirna.



Krishna said the police had not determined that Mirna was intentionally poisoned. Police will carry out another reconstruction and collect other evidence before officially revealing the cause of Mirna's death, he added.



Based on the previous reconstruction Mirna was at the restaurant with her friends Hani and Jessica. Jessica had arrived first and ordered a cocktail and the coffee for Mirna. Minutes later Mirna and Hani arrived and Mirna drank the coffee. Mirna commented on the bad taste of the coffee before suffering from convulsions and foaming at the mouth. She was rushed to hospital where she was later confirmed dead. (bbn)(+)

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