Indonesian police open to exhuming body in alleged affair case

Insp-Gen Sambo (back row, second from left), his wife Putri (seated, centre) and Nopryansyah (back row, far right). - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Indonesian police are open to exhuming the remains of a bodyguard who was allegedly murdered for having an affair with the wife of a police general, if the victim's family requests a second autopsy.

The police would first present the result of the first autopsy, as per normal procedure, and if the family is not satisfied, a second autopsy involving an independent third party could be carried out, national police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo told reporters on Tuesday night (July 19).