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[instrumental piano music playing]

[newscaster 1] You are watching a special report

on the verdict of Jessica Kumala Wongso.

[camera shuttering]

It has been ten months

since the death of Wayan Mirna Salihin at Cafe Olivier.

[newscaster 2] Today, the fate of Jessica Kumala Wongso,

the only suspect in Mirna's murder, will finally be decided.

It all began with a question,

"How did Mirna die?"

Was it a murder?

- [tense music] - [reporter] Australian resident,

Jessica Wongso, has been charged with the murder of Mirna Salihin.

Police alleged she poisoned her friend by adding cyanide to her coffee.

[man 1] Jessica is like the devil.

Deep inside her, is something evil.

[camera shuttering]

[man 1] Describing it as the trial of the century is accurate.

[siren wailing]

[man 2] This cyanide coffee case can be compared to the OJ Simpson case.

I didn't really know why my case got so big to be honest.

I'm not a celebrity, I'm not a politician.

This case had too many sides and too many rumors.

There were rumors of an alleged love triangle,

between Jessica, Mirna and her husband.

There were rumors that it was with the mafia.

- [bottle popping] - [gasping]

[newscaster 2] Two beautiful young rich friends...

What makes one poison the other?

If she's not guilty, please set her free.

I'd never want to commit a sin by letting a criminal get free.

I'm sure she's innocent.

I have to prove that is the truth.

[man 1] "Are you sure Jessica killed Mirna?"

A million percent!

Guilty!

She's the killer.

[music ends]

[ballad music playing]

Here? Okay.

[producer] If it's just possible, description,

if you're in the courtroom, tell us what that court's like, right?

No, I should start maybe from the first how I feel that Jessica is the killer.

[producer] I'm gonna start about you first.

[Edi] Understand.

You have your gun on you, have you?

Yeah, why?

Just keep it away and outside.

No, it's okay.

It's locked.

[music resumes]

[Edi] I'm probably a strong person.

I'm almost 70 now.

And I'm still strong.

I'm still able to do hundreds of push-ups.

Thank God, I'm still blessed with incredible strength.

My tiger blood.

[Edi] So, usually...

- [producer] Hey, point it down. - [Edi] A gun like this...

[Edi] No. Already locked.

Ya.

[Edi] I'm used to being in difficult situations.

Not everyone's like that.

When I first heard that Mirna died,

I just asked, "How did she die?"

She's a very healthy child.

Why did she have to die?

That's when I decided.

I will investigate and find the murderer.

[somber music playing]

Mirna.

Her nature and character are similar to mine.

She could be tough.

If she disagrees, she'll lecture me.

"Why are you like this or like that?"

She was my sparring partner.

[music resumes]

Even when playing soccer, she got into fights.

Fight...

Fight with... with boys!

Sandy was hit,

then Mirna came and punched the boy.

That's Mirna for you!

[chuckle in awe]

[birds chirping]

[Sandy] My name is Sandy.

And I'm Mirna's twin sister.

It's very different living here than in Jakarta.

This is the countryside, very far from the city.

My husband and I wanted to start a new life here and find peace.

[phone beeps]

[Sandy] Mir, see here.

- One, two... [exclaims] - [camera shuttering]

[music resumes]

I miss her a lot.

[laughs softly then clucking]

[clucking] When Mirna was buried, I had a dream about her.

She was just sitting and she was looking at her wedding dress,

but her face just looked sad, and she was silent.

Mirna had a lot of goals.

Before this, she wanted to open a café.

But I guess...

[mumbles] That's not possible now.

[sighs]

We both really like coffee.

I think it's just ironic.

Mirna died because of that.

[music fades]

[suspenseful music playing]

MIRNA: WHERE ARE WE EATING?

JESSICA: DAMN OKAY HAHA I'LL ORDER THAT, OKAY?

MIRNA: OH YES, OKAY!

[music ends]

- [coffee machine hissing] - [coffee and milk gurgling]

[trendy music playing]

[manager] Olivier was a premium café.

[producer] Was it kind of the cool place for people to meet?

Yeah, yeah.

[Devi] They came to hang out.

There was a bar too where they could unwind.

[coffee gurgling]

- [sloshing] - [drink gurgling]

Olivier had specific rules and regulations for its customers

to enter the restaurant.

They had to be well-groomed. Very neat.

Most customers at Olivier use luxury brands,

such as Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton.

I was definitely very proud to work at...

- Café Olivier. - [music ends]

[tense sound effect]

- [wind blowing] - [honking noise]

[ominous music playing]

[Devi] On the day of the tragedy, it was just a routine day.

A few of the tables had already been filled.

[ticking clock noise]

[music resumes]

[ticking clock noise]

[ticking clock noise]

[music resumes]

[Rangga] I started working at 04:00 pm that day.

After I entered the bar, the print receipt came out of the machine,

- the order was Vietnamese iced coffee. - [clinking]

- Then I made it, the way I always do. - [milk running]

Then I put it on the tray to be picked up by the runner.

[ticking clock noise]

[music resumes]

[water gurgling]

JESSICA: I'VE ALREADY ORDERED

[ticking clock noise]

[music resumes]

[Devi] I saw three people at table 54.

They were young.

Then I saw that they knew each other and seemed close.

[ticking clock noise]

[music ends]

[ice cube clinking gently]

[Rangga] After that...

a client began convulsing.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Devi] Mirna's condition was worrying because she was convulsing.

And she was having difficulty breathing.

It really was a true emergency.

Jessica was to my right.

I was very suspicious of her because

she didn't want to assist her friend even though she was by her side.

I thought, maybe something odd was going on.

There was something wrong with...

[mumbles]

...Jessica.

For sure.

She asked,

"What did you put in... in her drinks?"

- [tense sound effect] - [suspenseful music resumes]

At that point, I began to suspect that something strange was going on

since Jessica's gestures were somewhat defensive.

Then I realized there was something in the coffee.

I tasted it myself,

and it turned out that the coffee tasted and smelled really rotten.

[Rangga] When I saw the coffee's color, it was way off. It looked like turmeric.

I sniffed the coffee closely,

and it had a sharp, extremely glue-like smell.

It Irritated my nose.

I really panicked.

I checked all the ingredients,

but I didn't find anything wrong.

Only Jessica's coffee was like that.

[Devi, mumbles] It felt serious at that moment.

[music ends]

My mental state tends to... drop

when I recall those things.

[somber music playing]

[Edi] In the hospital,

using my hand, I give her oxygen from my mouth.

But she didn't move at all.

I said, "Mirna, why you die?"

"Better me."

"I can die, I'm old."

[sniffles]

[sighs]

[music resumes]

[Sandy] I can still remember.

It was as if her face was saying, "Help me."

I tried... [mumbles]

...to wake her up.

I kept slapping her face.

I just couldn't understand why she wouldn't wake up.

In the end, the doctors and nurses came and told me,

Mirna was no longer alive.

[music fades]

- [wind whooshing] - [suspenseful music playing]

[woman] That day, I was supposed to meet Mirna,

but because I was working till 06:00 that day,

I told Mirna I was going to be late.

JESSICA: MIRNA IS GONE

Then suddenly, a friend called me...

[inhales]

...and was crying,

"Ver, Mirna is gone, she's gone."

"What do you mean she's gone? You just met her."

"I just messaged you at 05:00 o'clock, you'd just arrived."

"Why is she suddenly gone?"

Up until today, since her funeral,

I haven't been able to fully process her death,

to fully grasp what happened to her.

The thing is, I'm not really thinking about...

- Jessica. - It's not about her.

[honking noise]

[ominous music playing]

[Edi] At the hospital, Jessica and Mirna's friends were there.

I asked Jessica.

"Jess, my daughter drank coffee and died. What did you drink?"

She said, "Mineral water."

That was her first lie to me.

[clucking]

That was what made me suspect it was her.

I grew suspicious of her.

Jessica was ordering two cocktails, one is Sazerac

and the other is... [mumbles]

...Old-Fashioned.

She was acting weird.

"Did Mirna die? Did Mirna die?"

"Was I the one who killed Mirna?"

That's what she said!

She tells a lot of lies.

She's a liar.

[tense sound effect]

[turn signal blaring]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Sandy] After leaving Abdi Waluyo Hospital,

we headed to the funeral home.

Suddenly, the police arrived.

They told us she might have been poisoned.

An autopsy had to be done.

Her mom Santi, said,

"Don't let them touch Mirna's body."

If this is in fact a suspicious death, and there won't be an autopsy...

POLICE COMMISSIONER KRISHNA MURTI

...then the police aren't going to be able to properly investigate.

[Edi] Mister Krishna Murti came to us.

He didn't say much, except,

"If we didn't want an autopsy,

we'd never unmask the killer."

So, we gave in.

They took Mirna away to perform the autopsy.

[tense sound effect]

[intense suspenseful music playing]

[Edi] We had the funeral the next day.

In the morning, I received a call from the police.

[music stops]

"Your child's been poisoned!"

[music resumes]

[newscaster 3] The police have already ID'd a suspect who poisoned Mirna

by mixing cyanide in her coffee.

[music more intense]

[newscaster 2] The autopsy report states that Mirna's stomach's contained cyanide.

Wow, cyanide poisoning.

Somebody really wanted to kill her.

They really wanted to kill her.

- [music ends] - [drips]

[mysterious music playing]

I remember where I was when I heard about the case for the first time.

I heard about it while I was sitting on the floor of the

Bureau of General Criminal Investigation.

All the reporters from the various media outlets

would gather there to wait for news.

The first piece of information concerned

a murder by poisoning.

An invitation to catch up over a cup of coffee

was never supposed to be so deadly.

[music ends]

Sadly to say, there's always, like, a murder case here now and then.

You could ask me today,

and I could tell you about two murder cases

that made the national news.

I remember hearing about it.

And taking it in as just another case.

But when it was revealed that the victim was Mirna Salihin,

who had recently married,

it started to become clear that this was an interesting case.

WHO POISONED MIRNA? MIRNA'S FATHER QUESTIONED FOR NINE HOURS

Secondly, it came to light that Mirna Salihin had been poisoned.

The first question was,

"Wow, cyanide, where do you get it from? How does it get sold?"

[dramatic music playing]

There was a lot of speculation on social media.

This 'cyanide case' was making... headlines.

It went viral because of cyanide.

EBRICK: WATCH OUT FOR CYANIDE HAHA

Cyanide's intriguing, especially during wartime.

They'll ingest it to avoid being caught.

- [music ends] - [gulps]

[orchestral music playing]

[narrator] What is cyanide?

Because cyanide is extremely lethal, it is also very difficult to get.

It is found in nature, in small trace amounts, in almonds,

apples and cassava.

Cyanide is one of the ten most poisonous substances on the Earth.

Cyanide is related to cytochrome oxidase

which prevents the body's cells

from receiving or absorbing the oxygen they need to sustain life.

Unused oxygen stored in the body floods into your bloodstream,

turning your complexion a cherry red color.

Vital organs that are deprived of oxygen start to fail.

The effects of the excess oxygen and organ damage could end up resulting

in convulsions, coma, and death.

[music ends]

[tense sound effect]

[tense music playing]

[reporter 2] The police are doing everything they can

to figure out who poisoned Mirna.

Investigations into the crime scene,

reconstructions,

and witness interviews have all been done.

We were shocked to find out

that the suspect was actually her close friend.

She bought the coffee and my daughter is dead.

Who are you referring to, Sir?

I'm sure you know, everyone knows!

Who else? The devil?

Devil or what?

[music resumes]

Jessica Wongso was a close friend of Mirna's.

They went to school together in Australia.

They graduated together.

Then Mirna returned home, while she stayed.

I hadn't gone...

to Indonesia in four years,

so when I did finally arrive in Indonesia

I was very eager to meet Mirna and my other friends.

Mirna and I met...

[mumbles]

...almost eight years ago while studying in Australia.

We used to go out to eat or to drink coffee in college.

We always bonded whenever we met.

We'd always be laughing

- and having a good time. - [host] Okay.

During Mirna was in Australia,

having a coffee together, talking.

"Hey, Jessica. Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Yes, I have a boyfriend."

"But Mir, do you know? We have a lot of problems."

Mirna told Jessica,

"Jess, why do you want to have a boyfriend like that?"

Mirna might have treated Jessica harshly.

"Why are you such an idiot? Why would you want someone like him?"

Jessica felt outraged when she heard that.

[Sandy] She's jealous of Mirna because maybe Mirna had a good life.

And she has a good future ahead of her.

And maybe Jessica's life is crap.

[music fades]

[dramatic music playing]

[newscaster 4] Jessica Wongso is back for more questioning

of the witness in Mirna's killing.

[reporter 3] Do you feel guilty or not?

[woman 2] I would tell my friends,

"This girl is really crazy."

[man 3] She's a very cruel person, in my opinion.

[phone chimes]

[phone chimes]

- [phone chimes] - [music ends]

If there is a perpetrator that is still out there,

what is your message for them?

If you do something bad, you will get caught.

So don't do evil things like that.

You will be arrested one day.

[music ends]

At that time, Jessica was being questioned by a reporter from a TV station.

And as she proceeded to reply to the news reporter,

she didn't maintain eye contact with the reporter,

but instead, she looked up.

[gentle piano music playing]

I studied the paralinguistic method

in investigative techniques.

When someone looks up while answering a question,

it's as if they're attempting to conjure up a story.

According to my observations, she may have done it.

The Olivier Café has nine CCTV cameras.

If we look at footage from 04:00 pm that day,

she's seen getting there early, and surveying the place.

In criminology terms, it's called "making a portrait."

It implies that this was a premeditated act.

[Devi] She was sitting at this very large booth,

but why did she arrange all of her shopping bags

neatly on the table?

The drinks were not visible, only the paper bags could be seen.

In my opinion, that's very...

strange.

[music ends]

[tense sound effects]

- [camera clatters] - [door knocks]

- [man 4] One by one. - [woman 3] Your bag please.

Put it right there.

Do you have a plastic bag?

[man 5] Please.

[reporter 4] Investigators from Polda Metro Jaya

have arrested Jessica Kumala Wongso

in connection to the death of Wayan Mirna Salihin

at a hotel in Mangga Dua, North Jakarta.

[reporter 5] Police has charged her with premeditated murder

carrying a minimum jail sentence of 20 years

and a maximum of life in prison or the death penalty.

- [reporter 6] How are you, Jessica? - [man 6] Let her through.

[reporter 7] How are you, Jess?

Even while she was on her way to prison...

she was still smiling.

They found her at the hotel with her luggage packed.

She was gonna run away.

[dramatic music playing]

There has never been a similar case

that has attracted as much public attention as this one.

This cyanide coffee case can be compared to the OJ Simpson case,

but OJ Simpson is a professional athlete.

And on top of that, he's a public figure.

So the question is,

what is it about this case that has piqued the public's interest?

[music ends]

There's a story between them, and this story saying

that Mirna and Jessica had a strange or a difficult relationship.

[sneaky music playing]

Both families lived around Kelapa Gading,

which is quite affluent for Indonesia.

That also brought in a lot of assumptions

through social media about the case.

Those were the years

when Jakarta was the biggest Twitter city, the noisiest.

Assumptions and conspiracy theories were running wild.

I thought the speculation about her being a lesbian

was just ridiculous.

There was a ton of confusing, and... sensational chatter.

It was very overwhelming for me.

[music ends]

[producer] Let's break for lunch, for half an hour please.

So everyone in Indonesia knows you then?

Yeah, everyone knows me.

Bali, Medan.

When I come, "Mr. Edi, Mr. Darmawan..." Shaking hands...

Photo, photo...

"Eh, Mr. Dermawan!" Thousands of people surrounded me.

[tense sounds effects]

[intense dramatic music playing]

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

[crowd noises]

JESSICA'S FIRST TRIAL

Jessica Wongso's preliminary trial in alleged murder of Mirna Salihin

began at the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday morning.

JESSICA'S FIRST TRIAL

[Edi] On the first day, I was quite taken aback.

I expected it to be a routine trial, but in reality it was crazy!

[clucking] People were so excited that it was difficult for us to enter.

It was an amazing atmosphere.

Personally, I have never seen a line as long as that one,

to enter a courthouse.

It was similar to how guests,

for example, line up to welcome the newlyweds in Indonesia.

Instead, they were really waiting in that long line,

just to enter a courtroom.

[prosecutor 1] It was like

they were shooting a movie.

The audience couldn't be seen

since the cameras were all at the front.

[Edi] The trial would be on 24 hours a day,

across 14 TV stations in Indonesia.

And all of them focused on the case.

They were looking for me.

Every day following the trial, I'd be interviewed.

When I arrived, I was interviewed. I was exhausted.

But because I didn't want Jessica to get away,

I kept fighting.

She's a liar!

She didn't move the glass?

The bags weren't there. She can't recall?

After I spoked outside the court, and I clarified and explained everything,

It was then, that it became... crystal clear

that Jessica was the killer.

[Fristian] Almost unanimously

the public believed that Jessica was guilty.

[man 7] Maybe it's business?

Jealousy?

That could've been her motive.

You poisoned someone!

The killing method shows you had bad intentions.

[music ends]

[somber music playing]

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

[reporter 8] As you can see,

the Public Prosecutors have entered the courtroom.

[Eddy] Jessica's case received a lot of public attention.

Naturally the prosecutors need to be professional and extra careful.

When they bring this case to trial,

with Jessica as the accused,

then they'll have the opportunity to convince the judge,

that Jessica is guilty, that she's the killer.

[music ends]

[Producer, clearing throat] Okay, so this is very calm, fun,

not like a courtroom.

- Right? Ready, everyone? - [laughs]

- [jazz music] - We may all be prosecutors,

but our taste in food is different.

But we're united by food from Padang.

Because you can only find food from Padang, and Soto Bogor there.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[Shandy] We are like soldiers who are on the front line.

If the verdict comes back,

and it's decided that Jessica is not guilty,

then there will be a negative reputation that will stick to the prosecution team

because we are the "poster child" for the Jessica Kumala Wongso case.

GOOD-LOOKING PROSECUTOR IN JESSICA'S TRIAL MARRIED TO A CELEBRITY

THE HANDSOME PROSECUTOR IS NAMED SHANDY HANDIKA,

AND HE'S ALREADY MARRIED

HANDSOME PROSECUTOR'S WIFE IS PUTERI INDONESIA CONTESTANT

[music ends]

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

We feel this is enough.

A single charge of premeditated murder.

Chapter 340.

So the first thing that we need to prove is,

"What are the facts?"

- [suspenseful music playing] - What's the perpetrator doing?

What is the victim doing?

Those are the facts that we'll reveal.

We didn't immediately accuse Jessica of committing the crime.

We went through the sequence of events

from when the coffee was made till the end,

when the coffee became part of the evidence.

Who had touched the coffee?

Who was close to the coffee?

That was all recorded on the CCTV.

[Wahyu] From that angle,

if you look at the CCTV,

there were two moments that were fairly strange.

The first was the shifting of the chair,

which blocked the view of the CCTV camera from behind.

And then, she placed the paper bag in front of the glass,

which then blocked the CCTV camera from the front.

- [water gurgling] - [music resumes]

[Shandy] Initially, we weren't sure

when the poison entered the drink in question.

We put in requests to the investigators on the case

to carry out toxicology examinations.

- [coffee gurgling] - [music more intense]

The toxicologist conducted an experiment

and discovered a time frame

for when the poison was poured into the coffee.

[toxicologist] At 16:29, there were some activities,

not just for one second, but a few seconds,

up until the coffee was moved to the end of the table at 16:33.

During that time frame, there was no one else in that vicinity.

That got us thinking.

[music ends]

[tense sound effect]

[dramatic music playing]

Hello.

[producer] Hi Jessica. That is a good Aussie accent.

[Jessica, indistinct speaking]

[Jessica] I just couldn't understand why this happened to me.

I was just having a holiday.

I was just calling my friends to catch up for a coffee.

And from that point on, it's been unbelievable.

Even I'm the main character, I don't understand.

You know, it sucks.

It's been really difficult.

Like, it's just really hard to stay sane every day.

If you ask about trauma,

yes, I'm very traumatic by this event and by all the medias,

and how they print something on the paper, and it was completely false.

They're just trying to, you know, like,

dig into my life, creating story...

"Oh, Jess did this because blah blah blah."

"Oh, why didn't she just say sorry?"

"The evidence is quite clear." What evidence?

Seems like they're enjoying it, and making money out of it.

[music resumes]

During the trial, it was really difficult.

Hundreds of people,

just coming towards me, with the camera and the flashes.

It was just really strange.

CHIEF JUDGE

And also the judges...

Everything that we brought into the table,

they just completely ignored it.

If the media wasn't really keen on me at that time,

it would be different.

- [guard] Sorry, Jessica. - Yeah?

[mumbles] I apologize.

Maybe...

[mumbling] This interview has gone too far.

- [ominous music playing] - [camera beeps]

[music fades]

The trial for Wayan Mirna Salihin's homicide has begun,

and the accused, Jessica Kumala Wongso, has entered the courtroom.

We'll broadcast live from the Central Jakarta District Court.

[suspenseful music playing]

Surprisingly, even from the beginning of the trial,

she remained very calm.

[Shandy] Calm...

[mumbles]

...and calculative.

I felt I was pressured to give those answers.

What sort of pressure?

Pressure through words, just like how you pressure people sometimes.

- What sort of pressure? - [crowd cheering]

Try to answer.

If she wasn't guilty, she would have been crying by now.

"Why me? Why me? I didn't kill Mirna. Mirna is my best friend." Or whatever!

Nothing like that.

She's always relaxed.

Why?

Because she has Otto Hasibuan.

She thinks he's a top lawyer.

Let's call on Mister Otto Hasibuan!

[crowd cheering]

["Closer" playing]

[Edi] He seems so elegant!

[exclaims in awe]

He's a bit of a show-off, so maybe he gets paid well?

- ["Closer" ends] - [crowd cheering and applause]

[Tukul] What an amazing person he is!

[relaxing music playing]

[Otto] In my opinion,

I really don't think I'm a celebrity lawyer.

[laughing]

I gave it a unique name, Senayan Avenue by Ottolima.

I was born on the fifth day,

of the fifth month, in the year 1955,

at five in the morning.

Everything revolves around the number five.

So that's why it's called Ottolima.

[bird squawking]

When I'm done playing,

I'll go sit over there, have a glass of wine,

but often times I actually think about Jessica.

Sometimes you forget,

but you meet people and they say "Mr. Otto, Jessica."

That's why I'll never forget Jessica and my work on her case.

- [clangs] - [exclaims]

[birds chirping]

[frog croaking]

At that time, my family and I were planning to go to Alaska.

[relaxing music resumes]

- [waves rumbling] - I'd bought the tickets.

I booked the cruise.

And everything was ready to go.

[music ends]

[ballad music playing]

But suddenly, I was contacted by a lawyer.

He came to my office, with Jessica's mother.

She said to me, "Mr. Otto, please help us."

She felt she had been treated unfairly.

CLASS IIA PRISON EAST JAKARTA

I told Jessica, "I wanna work on your case.

However,

if along the way,

I end up determining that

you actually are guilty of these crimes,

I'll have the right to resign from handling this case."

She said, "Okay, no problem."

When I worked on the case,

even my own family was against me.

There was even a pastor

who called me on my private cell phone,

and forbade me from handling this case.

Everyone hated me so much back then.

But I remained resolute.

Convinced she deserved to be defended.

At that time, almost 99% of all the people in Indonesia,

believed Jessica was guilty.

So I felt there was a tremendous amount of pressure.

Extremely difficult.

[music ends]

- [camera shuttering] - [crowd noises]

[reporter 9] Jessica Wongso's trial for the murder of Mirna Salihin

will resume shortly.

[dramatic music playing]

From the start, I was sure I'd win.

There was no reason, however small,

for the judges to deem her guilty.

There's no proof.

Where did the cyanide come from? From her pocket?

From her pants? From her bag?

The prosecutors haven't explained this.

The defense made it very clear,

that they wanted hard evidence,

that Jessica poured the poison.

But we didn't believe that we needed hard evidence.

We relied on circumstantial evidence.

The body of evidence that we had

was more than enough to prove,

that only Jessica

could have committed this crime.

[dramatic music more intense]

[gavel knocking]

CHIEF JUDGE

So when you think of courtrooms in Indonesia,

don't think of Hollywood movies

in which the judge serves as a referee

and the jury determines whether or not someone is guilty.

It doesn't work like that. We don't have a jury system.

The three judges decide as to whether someone is guilty or not.

They determine which evidence can be used or not.

They determine the ultimate sentence that will be given.

They have so much power in the Indonesian Criminal Justice System.

UNITY IN DIVERSITY

When a matter is heard in court,

it can be said that the score,

is zero to zero on both sides.

On the One hand, the public prosecutor

must do everything he can

to convince the assembly of judges,

that the person sitting in the accused's chair

is truly the killer.

On the other hand, the lawyer will do everything he can

to state that the accused,

is not guilty of the crime they've been charged with.

That, in the criminal justice system,

Is called the battle model.

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

The crucial key in this case was "Death due to cyanide."

But as the trial started to move forward,

and the witnesses were being questioned,

we began to notice that

there were some inaccuracies in the testimonies that were made.

[Slamet] So after collecting samples for toxicological examinations,

we have ultimately concluded

that the victim's stomach had gastric injuries

due to the presence of corrosive substances.

I asked the expert, Doctor Slamet.

"Did you do an autopsy?"

[music ends]

We didn't do an autopsy.

[sneaky music playing]

Then I asked, "Why didn't you do an autopsy?"

- Because the police requested me not to. - Okay, the police had not to.

In the case files, there was a letter from the police.

They had requested that the hospital perform an autopsy.

CONDUCT EXTERNAL AND INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE BODY AND ET REPERTUM VISUM

This is so weird.

That letter is the proof.

[Ardito] There was a great deal of respect

for the care of the deceased in Indonesia back then.

When a thorough autopsy was required,

the dissection would begin with the head,

then the chest cavity, and finally the stomach,

and you would need approval from the deceased's parents.

The parents didn't give permission for a full autopsy.

They had only given permission for samples to be taken

for the toxicology examination.

The sample was taken...

[mumbles]

...from the stomach. Just a sample.

[music resumes]

- If the brain had been examined... - Yes.

...would it be possible to determine that death was caused by a stroke?

- It's possible... - For example?

...but the symptoms indicate that.

- But it's conceivable? - Yes, it is.

Yes.

Is the judge a shaman?

What ability does a judge have to say that she died from cyanide?

If it's death due to natural causes, it can't be considered a crime.

They started to see something unusual about this case.

[music fades]

[man 8] In the name of God, most Gracious and Merciful,

I hereby swear...

[Otto] The case was so complicated.

Because in this case, there were so many experts

presented by the prosecutor.

With all the experts that the prosecution had,

we were able to prepare

our own experts to testify and challenge them.

[suspenseful music playing]

[newscaster 5] The expert witness that has been presented

is Djadja Surya Atmaja.

Djadja is a forensic pathologist,

and is recognized as Indonesia's first DNA doctor.

Throughout the investigation,

everyone was led to hate Jessica and to believe she was guilty.

My daughter said to me,

"Dad, why do you wanna be involved in a case like this?"

"Do you know you have a lot of haters?"

So I said, the netizens can defend whoever they want.

But because I speak the truth, I don't care about all that.

- That's it. - [music ends]

If you don't check all the organs, you can't determine the cause of death.

That's forensics dogma.

The situation was actually tense at that point.

The prosecution was stunned.

Because I should have been called as an expert witness for the prosecution,

but instead I was called by the defense.

We wouldn't know whether she had a stroke, for example,

unless you examined her brain.

Would the lungs be infected with certain diseases or not?

Not to mention the heart.

All of these are potential causes of death.

As I watched, I thought that was strange.

At the beginning of the trial, I thought that Jessica

had really done it.

But because I had doubts, I kept watching the trial.

JESSICA CASE TRIAL

[Otto] The second crucial thing is,

when Mirna was examined 70 minutes after she died,

her stomach tested negative for cyanide.

If she tested negative for cyanide after 70 minutes,

that means she has no cyanide in her body.

[Otto] Based on the results of this investigation,

what's your conclusion?

The cause of death was not cyanide.

[suspenseful music playing]

Whoa, they were cheering. It got loud and chaotic.

So that's why the judge knocked his gavel.

[camera shuttering]

The trial was getting too heated.

[Dale] There was a chance it wasn't her.

My conviction went up to 60%.

[Slamet] According to the findings in the toxicology report,

the victim's stomach contained 0.2 mg

per liter,

of cyanide,

Then they claimed there was 0.2 mg of cyanide in the sample.

That was found three days after she died.

Even if this 0.2 mg had been found,

it wouldn't have resulted in death.

The lethal dose, or what's required to cause death,

is 176 mg.

I said the prosecutor's indictment is irrelevant.

The existing evidence is irrelevant.

[music ends]

[whimsical music plays]

[producer] In your view, one, was this a murder?

And two, if so, was Jessica guilty?

Wow, that's a...

[mumbles]

...difficult question to answer.

[laughing]

[mysterious music playing]

The facts that I got made me doubt the data.

They also found some estimations in the glass

which were unusually high,

7,400 mg.

Before this trial, I conducted some experiments.

And I told them, scientifically,

[inhales]

in certain conditions,

it is possible for cyanide to transform from a liquid,

and evaporate into a gas.

If that were to happen, and in a closed space like that,

then the gas would be everywhere.

[Otto] If we were to put this amount of cyanide in the coffee,

what would happen to the people surrounding it?

Everyone there would faint.

[crowd cheering and applause]

[Otto] Can we test it?

- Don't, sir, it's dangerous. - [crowd laughing]

They claimed this is the bottle that contains cyanide.

- [bottle popping] - [gasping]

I opened it. The judges were angry, "Don't open it!"

I smelled it and nothing happened.

It means there's no cyanide in it.

I concluded, the presence of cyanide in the glass is suspicious.

It must have been put in by someone else.

Right?

And there are strong signs that this is the case.

[music resumes]

[producer] What did you do with the coffee? What actually happened?

The glass that I had grabbed, was actually still...

[mumbles] ...the same glass.

Then I wrapped it with plastic wrap

so that no one would throw it away or touch it.

[producer] So it was you who wrapped the coffee up and put it aside?

I took the coffee, wrapped it, and I put it over there.

When the police arrived, they took the coffee.

[Devi] Yeah.

[Otto] The glass examined at the National Police Headquarters

had been altered several times.

It's no longer the original that was taken from the crime scene.

Is there an official report

of when it was poured from the glass into the bottle?

I don't remember that.

If you don't remember, we'll ask the prosecutors via the judges.

[music resumes]

[prosecutor] We need to search for it, Your Honor.

[prosecutor] It seems that it's not there in the case files. It's not there.

So there's not, right? That's all, Your Honor. Thank you.

Why must the evidence be sealed?

So that it will still be valid.

If they're able to open it, what's the point of it being sealed?

[Dale] Based on the evidence,

we're unable to conclude that she's guilty.

[Otto] How does a woman who's just graduated from school,

just started working,

have the ability or intention to kill someone

using cyanide?

What is the motive?

In every premeditated murder, there must be a motive.

It's a common practice everywhere, isn't it?

The motive was simply

because Jessica was advised by Mirna

not to date her boyfriend

that she had in Australia.

Then because of that she became angry

and intended to kill Mirna.

- That's impossible in my opinion. - [music ends]

[ominous music playing]

Do we really need a motive for this premeditated murder?

Many experts believe that a motive isn't necessary.

A motive is important,

but it doesn't need to be proven.

Why? Because there's no mention of motive in the penal code.

Article 340. Anyone who intentionally and with prior forethought

takes another person's life

faces the possibility of being charged with premeditated murder

and facing the capital penalty, or life in prison.

Why should the prosecutors be burdened with issues

that aren't required by the penal code to be proven?

[Shandy] The motive

can only be known by the perpetrator.

And it's very hard if they don't confess.

There's a sense of deception here.

There may be certain parties that would like for Jessica to be guilty.

Otherwise, why doesn't everyone want to be fair?

Right?

[producer 2] So we know that before the trial started...

[mumbles]

...you, Devi and Mr. Edi

- all came together and had a meeting. - [agreeing]

What was the atmosphere for the meeting?

What was discussed?

[gasps]

I forgot.

[sneaky music playing]

That happened so long ago.

I'm afraid I might say the wrong things.

[laughs softly]

I guess we just met to discuss the case,

things like the importance of being consistent,

telling the truth,

and not to being afraid.

The first time I met Mr. Edi Salihin,

he...

[mumbles]

He was a father with...

[mumbles]

...a truly broken heart.

I could see...

he was sad and very angry.

[Rangga] Nobody would be able to accept that happening to their daughter.

From Mr. Edi's perspective,

Jessica had to be arrested.

[Edi] I carried out my own investigation because I was annoyed.

I was committed at the time because I knew she was the murderer.

I was very committed!

If I'm not fighting for my daughter, I'm not a good father.

[music ends]

[instrumental piano music playing]

[plastic bag clatters]

[Edi] Mir, I'm here Mir.

[clatters continues]

[sighs]

Dad... [clearing throat]

...has suffered a tremendous loss.

[clearing throat then sighing]

[sobbing and snorts]

Do you remember the trial, Mir?

Dad defended Mirna.

Alone, without a lawyer.

But I used everything I had,

my strength, my power to fight.

Dad had to do everything he could to fight Otto.

They used money.

Dad did as well, but not that much.

They spent more.

Please forgive me. All my wrongdoings.

Dad's a bad guy too.

Even though I know it's wrong, I've been with a lot of women.

The trial for the death of Wayan Mirna Salihin

resumes at the Central Jakarta District Court,

with the accused, Jessica Kumala Wongso.

Turns out a lot of strange things occurred throughout this trial.

[Djaja] Before I testified,

there was a photo of Mirna taken after her death,

that was circulating

and her face was blue.

A person who dies because of cyanide, will have high levels of HbO2.

If the HbO2 levels are high, it means it won't be blue but red.

Well, after I said that people with cyanide poisoning have red faces,

the same photo circulated, but her face was red now.

The "cherry red" color they were looking for has been found.

This was before she was showered at the funeral home.

The "cherry red" color developed.

I was the first doctor to see her corpse, two hours after she died,

I saw that her eyes... her face was blue.

[judge] Her face is red here.

- Sir, we can't rely on that picture. - It's on my desk, that's the problem.

[crowd laughing]

Yeah.

I said a photo could be easily manipulated.

The color can be changed from red to blue.

Isn't it funny?

[tense sound effect]

[mouthing] What?

[Djaja] After I testified, there was a commotion at the back.

It was chaotic, there were Police everywhere.

I didn't know what was going on.

Later I found out there was someone who got angry after my testimony.

Earlier this morning,

Mirna's father placed that photo on the judges' and the prosecutors' table.

[mouthing]

- [prosecutor] The expert says... - That evidence is not legitimate.

[man 9] Her father brought a gun.

After the trial,

he took out his gun.

He wanted to scare me.

To show me he could...

kill me or do something bad.

[dramatic music playing]

I've known Jessica since she was a child.

She never got into fights, never caused trouble in school.

She was a normal child.

The trial had lasted 60 days.

Morning to night, until two in the morning.

We'd skip meals.

We were chased by reporters.

I didn't go home for months.

I was living like a homeless person.

I was...

in pain and in the end, I fell sick.

Yeah.

Did she put poison in the coffee? Can it be seen?

I have no regrets in handling Jessica's case.

I'm always

optimistic to win.

Coverage continues on the "Cyanide Coffee" case.

The trial entered its twentieth day.

Jessica Wongso's courtroom, at that point, was like a...

football stadium.

- [dramatic music playing] - It's a lie! She's a liar!

[Fristian] Each of them had their own supporters.

There were some who backed Mirna and others who backed Jessica.

For instance, they cheered when the prosecutor asked a question

and they were pleased.

[prosecutor] Can you make it clearer?

[expert] Yes. Yes. Just like that.

And same happened when I asked something.

- [Otto] I can't see it. - [expert] Really? I can see it.

Otto Hasibuan's skill in shifting public opinion was extraordinary.

Jessica's supporters were increasing.

They truly felt, and proceeded to often display on social media,

that Jessica was innocent.

If you ask me,

the evidence is still ambiguous.

Impossible. Completely impossible.

- [duck quacking] - [dramatic music resumes]

[Otto] At the time,

I believed I was successful in influencing the media and the public.

Honestly, in my opinion,

there can be no excuses for us not winning.

We were 99% certain we'd win.

- [music ends] - [Otto exclaims]

[newscaster 6] The Cyanide Coffee trial is heating up.

The atmosphere in the courtroom is very rowdy.

The arguments between the prosecutors and the defense can no longer be avoided.

[judge] Everyone calm down.

Don't protest directly to me, do it through the judges.

[judge] Keep quiet everyone!

[Ardito] The intensity was getting stronger.

That became a risk and a challenge for us.

[Wahyu] We were tired and also emotional.

It lasted until late at night.

We alternated sleeping.

Some were asleep,

while others were still working.

Remember when we gathered at Shandy's house?

[Shandy] The trial was becoming more and more challenging

to manage as each day passed.

- [prosecutor] Objection, Your Honor. - That date... Hold on a minute.

Objection, Your Honor, he's drawing conclusions!

[suspenseful music playing]

A memorable day for me

with the day that I'd had an argument with the legal advisor.

Okay then, now answer this.

Sir, did you bring the data that you analyzed?

- No. - You didn't bring it?

- Do you remember what you analyzed? - It's over there.

- It's all there. - I didn't ask the lawyer.

Every question that I asked was interrupted by the defense.

So in the end, it eventually

devolved into a shouting match.

- Please respect me. - Don't yell at my witness.

- Respect my witness! - I will respect you if you respect me.

[Wahyu] There must be a debate.

So we were given a ring, similar to a boxing ring.

And in here, you need to fight according to the rules.

We believed the defense wanted to discredit...

[mumbles] ...and attack the integrity of our experts and our evidence.

We did the same thing and that's allowed in a court of law.

To use a funny example,

if someone wanted to curse me, I already had an antidote prepared.

Kind of in that way.

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

Your Honor, we invite Mr. Beng Beng Ong from Australia.

He is a forensic pathologist.

One moment I couldn't forget during the trial,

was when Beng Beng Ong was treated unfairly.

When professor Beng Beng Ong testified. He said, "No case."

I wouldn't suspect that it's cyanide.

I would consider other causes including natural disease.

He had said that

what the experts in Indonesia previously presented, was wrong.

We started researching right away.

Was what the expert presented true?

Then, how do we counter it?

Was the expert legally permitted to testify?

When did you come to Indonesia?

[Otto] Your Honor, that has no relation to the case.

Did you receive any compensation to come here?

Objection, Your Honor, that is very unethical.

In the end, we caused a "plot twist."

As a professional who receives payment, under Article 102,

it is mandatory for you to use a Limited Stay Visa.

We reported the expert for immigration offenses.

[newscaster 7] Beng Beng Ong was deported

and is banned from entering Indonesia

for six months.

[Otto] The prosecutors weren't being professional.

From a standpoint of justice and truth, it's inappropriate, in my opinion.

[Wahyu] So, how do we trick the opponent into being emotional?

We give them a taste of their own medicine.

When someone gets emotional,

They lose their ability to think logically.

That's just one part of the strategy.

- [microphone knocks] - Thank you, Your Honor.

[snorts]

[inhales]

After that, I realized we could no longer win,

because something wasn't right.

It was then that I knew

it was impossible to win.

[music ends]

[sneaky music playing]

The conviction rate in Indonesia is very high. Why?

The police have enormous power.

The prosecutors have enormous power which isn't balanced

compared to a lawyer.

The prosecutors' and police's power means

that the judges, are no longer referees.

They're no longer neutral.

Is there any evidence that the murder

was committed directly by Jessica Wongso?

The answer is no.

So where's the evidence of Jessica's involvement?

Where's the evidence?

There are only allegations. Only perception.

This is strange and bizarre.

It was said that there was no direct evidence,

but how did the defense lose?

Because the defense

couldn't provide any hard evidence or experts,

who could convince the judge that his client wasn't a murderer.

That was actually the problem.

Very simple.

- [clatters] - [crowd noise]

[Ardito] Additionally,

a psychologist and a psychiatrist provided statements saying,

Jessica has an explosive and compulsive personality.

[reporter 10] Can you explain the cyanide in the drink?

No, I have no idea.

Did you put it there?

No, of course not. [laughs]

There's something odd about her.

Because she's always calm.

She's what's known as a narcissistic psychopath.

She's a psychopath, that means she's crazy.

And she is also narcissistic,

that's according to a forensic specialist.

Heartache,

yeah,

revenge, makes her feel empty.

We can see her narcissism emerge,

like a child.

"Please pay attention to me."

Just by looking at the...

physiognomy of facial expressions,

you can tell she's a vengeful person.

[judge] You said the defendant is quick to respond

and very intense when it comes to her emotions.

What do you mean by that?

Yeah, I know that from the shape of this.

[judge] Right.

There were experts who tried

to label the defendant as a bad person,

as a true criminal.

How? From judging the shape of the nose,

by looking at how her lips moved.

This is an obsolete theory.

- [whimsical music playing] - [woman 4] Look at the nose,

long under there and slightly tilted.

She will be a good housewife,

look after things nicely and keep everything in order.

We are all character readers, up to a point.

And I think we are all always guided by the eyes.

[Ronny] Her eyes don't sparkle at all.

Her eyes don't sparkle like Julia Roberts, for example.

There's significance to both sparkling and non-sparkling eyes.

[woman 4] We all mistrust the shifty eye person.

The flickering, unsteady eye shows nerve, irritability,

and very often independability.

Do not trust that person too far.

The prosecutor isn't proving Jessica committed the crime of murder,

but what he's trying to do is convince the judge

that Jessica may have killed someone.

Where did your theory regarding all of this come from?

From empirical studies,

studies of movie stars in America and so on.

Right. Your thoughts and findings are fascinating!

[music ends]

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

[reporter 11] This is the atmosphere from the trial

at Central Jakarta's District Court.

Where the trial for the murder case of Wayan Mirna Salihin...

At that time, I felt the same as everyone,

afraid to be close to someone who was accused

of killing another person using cyanide.

But then, there was a moment,

I got a small note

that was handed over to me by Jessica's lawyer.

It turned out to be a handwritten note from Jessica.

She just wrote,

"I really like your wardrobe."

[spluttering] Jessica was looking at my clothes?

[gasps] Wow!

I wrote back, "By the way, we're the same age."

I said we were both Libras.

We were three days apart, and both have the dragon as our zodiac.

And I returned the paper to Jessica.

[inhales] During the trial break, I had the opportunity to ask her.

"Jessica, can I interview you?"

[gentle instrumental music playing]

Finally she wanted to open up and talk.

But then I observed her,

[clucking]

[inhales] And I saw a... very spoiled person.

Sometimes her mother had to make sure she ate.

When a psychologist described her as a structured person,

who can organize a plan "to a T."

That's something very contradictory.

Jessica's nothing like what's been painted.

[music ends]

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT

A psychologist from the University of Indonesia,

Dewi Taviana Warida,

was summoned to testify in Jessica Wongso's trial.

When I was in court that day,

the experience made me feel like I was famous, like an actor,

or a star.

As soon as I arrived, the lights started flashing.

I didn't know what was going on.

I was shocked.

[mumbles] The media was really blowing it up.

When the cyanide coffee trial had started to be broadcasted,

TV news ratings were able to beat soap operas.

The theatrical aspect was what attracted the public.

It was this...

black and white narrative,

portraying the deceased, Mirna,

as the innocent person.

And Jessica as the most evil person.

This case exploded because people noticed Mirna's beauty.

Why was she killed?

Jessica's face is a bit weird.

A strange face.

[ominous music playing]

In my opinion, if you look at Jessica's character and face,

it almost looks like she's...

holding onto or hiding something.

[man 10] Vengeance.

[woman 2] Her expression tells me that she's...

mentally ill.

From a scientific point of view, if for example,

a person is not beautiful or not handsome,

someone is thought to be evil,

their behavior is considered negative, and everything they do becomes negative.

The beautiful one has to be saved

since society already views the ugly one as guilty.

With that context,

it became almost like a soap opera.

[dramatic music playing]

[water splashing]

[woman 5] How do you unify this country?

Such a huge country.

Made up of 17,000 islands,

700 languages, 300 ethnic groups.

Television.

At that time, our country's leader had lofty, ambitious goals.

Television would be the social glue.

It really grew in popularity.

Around the 1990s,

Jakarta gave birth to a new era,

that of the Sinetron.

- [dramatic music more intense] - [dramatic sound effect]

From what we saw, what got us addicted was...

the lifestyles of the rich.

Ill-mannered...

and egoistical.

The only statement I'll make is I'm not answering any questions.

[Marcella] This is probably what made this case

one of the most significant ones in Indonesian history.

Welcome

to Sinetron Sianida.

[music ends]

[honking noise]

Sir, where does your favorite red wine come from?

- Cockburn, Graham. - Cockburn, okay.

- Places like that. - I got you.

- I prefer it lighter. - Please.

[splattering]

[producer] So, the prosecutor talked to the lawyer

in the courtroom about Jessica

and what happened to her in Australia.

How important was that information?

[Edi] Very.

That information from Australia was very important.

The trial for Mirna Salihin's murder with defendant Jessica Wongso

is presenting an Australian police witness.

[newscaster 8] It has been stated that Jessica Kumala Wongso

was involved in 14 cases with the Australian Police.

[Edi] It was Officer John Torres who said,

she had considered suicide.

[Edi] Then,

she crashed into the nursing home

and destroyed it.

[Edi] She even wanted to kill her boss.

She said,

"You damn shit, I will kill you!"

During that time, the defendant declared,

"If I wanted to kill someone, I would know how to."

"I can get a pistol and know what it takes."

[Timothy] Jessica Wongso, the accused,

underwent mental evaluations at the hospital.

Antidepressant pills were among the evidence gathered

usually used by patients with mental health conditions.

The public thought that only a person with a mental disorder

could do such an evil deed in a public setting.

My biggest critique is that we too easily and even arbitrarily used

the state of someone's mental health

as the grounds to judge them.

Jessica got into an accident, okay?

She allegedly got into a fight with her boss.

Those are separate issues.

I'm going to be extreme,

the people who said she was a psychopath,

they made it up.

[ominous music playing]

[wind whooshing]

[Jessica] So, let's talk very briefly about my time in Australia.

The place means a lot to me,

because most of my memories,

the very sweet ones and the very bitter ones have been there.

All I can say is that I was lost, immature,

and prioritized the wrong things.

All kinds of things they said about me came down to one thing,

[glass breaking]

Me hurting myself.

Why would I fly across the ocean to hurt my friend

who had nothing to do with pretty much anything in my life?

In broad daylight, in a public place.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Otto] A week before the trial's final day, she asked,

"What's my situation, Otto? Will they let me free?"

I didn't know what to say.

[sighs]

[engine humming]

The Mirna Salihin's murder trial at the Central Jakarta District Court

is nearing completion after four months.

The judges will decide the verdict for the accused, Jessica Wongso.

[Edi] Otto knew.

He was shaking his head.

He knew he was going to lose.

[crowd cheering]

[suspenseful music resumes]

[judge] One.

The Defendant, Jessica Kumala,

JESSICA'S TRIAL VERDICT

alias Jessica Kumala Wongso, alias Jess

has been legally and convincingly

proven guilty of first degree murder, committed with premeditation.

Two.

The Defendant will be sentenced to imprisonment,

for a duration of 20 years for the crimes committed.

That is the decision of the court.

[crowd applause]

This is the longest, the most explosive,

the most historical, ever.

Killing without evidence, they put in jail 20 years.

I convinced the prosecutor and the judge.

That's how it ended, happy ending.

I win.

Thank you, Your Honor. I don't accept the verdict.

In my opinion, it is unfair and biased.

Quite frankly, I was actually shaken.

But I knew I had to hold back my feelings.

Because the judges' decision...

JESSICA SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON

...is unfair, biased and definitely not according to the law...

- [crowd cheering] - [someone hissing]

...this trial has sounded the death knell for justice.

As a result, we firmly announce that we'll file an appeal.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd shouting]

When the court ruled that she was guilty...

[crowd and reporters shouting]

...she didn't cry much.

But once we carried her to the back of the courthouse,

she actually burst into tears,

which no one knew.

We must keep sailing in the ark of life.

Will we be able to see what's ahead?

We went to the prison.

She didn't want to meet us.

She was screaming, "I don't want to, I don't want to!"

Crazy right?

If she was innocent, she would've yelled at me,

"Mr. Edi, I didn't kill Mirna. Don't be like that. Let's go find out."

She didn't want to.

Not that she couldn't.

She's ashamed.

Because she comes out of the jail

also everybody will give her a stamp.

[exclaims] Killer.

Cold-blooded killer.

[music ends]

WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION CLASS II A

[Jessica on the phone] It's almost impossible to get access to film me.

I don't think that can happen.

[producer] We're sort of a bit outraged.

Because they've allowed people

to interview terrorists, bank robbers, murderers.

[Jessica] It's really confusing. Who am I, really?

I'm not even a public figure or something.

[producer] Yeah, we definitely want to keep trying

to coordinate this for sure.

- [machine humming] - [thudding]

[gentle music playing]

[Hidayat] I love to restore old cars like this one.

I love it.

Since I was a kid, I have enjoyed it.

Now, the story behind this car,

it belonged to a friend of mine,

who sat through the entire trial.

He said to me,

"I bet Jessica will be released."

"I'm betting on a car."

But the verdict revealed that Jessica wouldn't be released.

Well, a few days later, he said,

"Buddy, here are the car keys, bring it home."

I said, "Are you crazy? Is this really for me?"

He said, "A bet is a bet and I lost."

Now, the question is, why can't she be interviewed?

I'm also wondering why.

She's not a terrorist, even terrorists can be interviewed.

[dramatic music playing]

Imam Samudra, before he was executed,

he was interviewed.

Even Mr. Otto wondered why she couldn't be interviewed.

[thuds]

[Otto] I sympathize a lot with Jessica.

Actually,

it's quite sad.

She was treated unfairly during the trial.

And now, it's the same thing.

When we got there, Jessica gave us this...

[music ends]

...her diary.

[somber music playing]

[Jessica] It's time to talk about the day we were supposed to meet for coffee.

They find it suspicious that I ordered the coffee

long before my friends arrived.

I didn't expect them to arrive 40 minutes later.

JESSICA: WHAT TIME ARE YOU ARRIVE? MIRNA: AROUND FOUR PLUS

They also find it suspicious when I moved the paper bags around.

I was just simply bored.

- [door opens, squeaking] - The footage of me entering

and exiting the café

was played over and over again.

The footage of the police entering and exiting the café with the evidence

was said to be permanently deleted.

Is it my turn to be suspicious now?

I realized that the situation has spiraled out of control

when we saw the news on TV.

Media started stalking our house.

We had to play hide and seek to get into our own home.

A few days later, I was arrested.

I spent the night lying on the cold hard floor

staring at blank space.

One thing for sure,

the world has crashed down on me.

[music ends]

[producer] Is there anything else that you want to say now, or...

Is there anything else that you feel we didn't ask or you want to say?

[somber music playing]

[Otto] Whether or not Jessica was framed,

I must say that I do believe that she was.

Because of the procedure for examining evidence,

in addition to the way that evidence was handled in court.

In my opinion, they were very unreasonable.

CASE FILE MURDER

Yeah. And every time during the trial,

that I...

made a breakthrough to prove otherwise,

the judges would always find a way to cut me.

So what's really going on?

There are some people out there who wish to punish her.

I could absolutely tell you more about it,

but perhaps not everything should be said, right?

[laughing]

Not everything should be said.

Because I have to prove things first, right?

Well, the evidence may be lacking, but I know it happened.

[music ends]

[dramatic music playing]

[Reza] Until today, this was the only case,

that a certain party had actually called me,

and asked me to stop talking.

[bike engine roaring]

There was a certain party who put money in my bag.

I assumed that the money was intended to be their way of keeping me quiet

about the case.

I'm an ordinary person,

who has nothing to do with this case,

so why would that person give me money?

Therefore, I was concerned

that they'd also bribe the law enforcement officers.

With an even bigger amount. That was my concern.

This is going to sound controversial,

but in my view and based on research

from the Criminal Justice Reform Institute,

it's possible that Jessica was found guilty,

because someone had to be blamed for the death.

So in that context,

the police and the prosecutor, couldn't find any other suspect.

The authorities were embarrassed,

Because the case had blown up.

Now they're down with karma.

Some of the detectives had their careers cut short.

So it's not a matter of innocent or guilty,

but more importantly, it's how the Indonesian criminal justice system

was able to deem someone guilty,

despite the lingering...

doubts.

If you hypothetically deem Jessica's case as reasonable,

then I'll let your imagination run wild

about how other cases are done in Indonesia.

If a case involves an ordinary person,

then I'm sure they'll get the death penalty.

In Indonesia, no money, no justice.

No money, no justice!

[Erasmus] The Criminal Justice System needs to be reformed.

What for? So that our best possible reforms

and independent principles can be realized.

And all Indonesians have access to justice.

We need to reform the criminal justice system.

Why? Because anyone can be next.

Anyone can be the next victim.

That's what I think.

- [indistinct speech] - [crew applause]

Thank you!

[ominous music playing]

[Jessica] When I meet someone new,

I always wonder if they think

I'm a killer.

I honestly can't help but wonder

whether they believe

I killed Mirna

or not.

[music ends]

[closing music playing]

My name is Mikael Jasin.

I'm the Indonesian barista champion

and the World Barista Champion finalist in 2019.

You've heard? This is actually a pretty simple story.

Two friends going out for a coffee. But one ends up dead.

This might surprise you,

but this is not the first time coffee might have killed in Indonesia.

There's actually a black history about coffee.

The first coffee seeds came here in Indonesia through the Dutch.

They smuggled it out of Yemen

because they smelled a grande opportunity to make some money.

The Dutch Foundation getting richer,

while there's a sweltering Indonesian farmer doing the hard work.

Let me put it in the words of the civil servants,

Edward Douwes, in his novel, Max Havelaar.

"Strangers came from the west,

who made themselves lords of his native land."

"Forcing him to grow coffee for pathetic wages."

Things have changed now.

But remember, every time you drink this,

as an Indonesian,

you deserve it.

[music ends]