PHILIPPINE and American authorities are working on DNA tests to verify if the body exhumed in Patikul, Sulu, last Wednesday was really that of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani, the military reported yesterday. “A body was exhumed yesterday in Patikul, Sulu, but we have yet to confirm if it is Janjalani. Right now, we have some personnel from the Philippine National Police who will collect samples and bring them to the PNP crime lab,” said Gen. Hermogenes Esperon during a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo. “The American forces that are there have also taken a sample so that they could make their own DNA tests, so until such time that these tests are completed, we could not be sure who the cadaver is,” Esperon said. "You want to run your own tests? Of course! Which piece would you like?"
"How about this lip?"
"Here! Take both of them! We have lots of other pieces!"
“Of course, I hope it’s Janjalani,” Esperon said, “but there is no official confirmation until such time that the tests are complete and I hope the requirements for credible testing are still there.”