The results of the DNA test on a body recovered in Tawi-Tawi, believed to be that of Indonesian terror suspect Dulmatin, might be released next week, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group reported Monday.

Edgardo Lenizo, regional chief of the Philippine National Police crime laboratory in Zamboanga Peninsula, said that the tissue sample from the remains was compared to those from Dulmatin's two sons who were taken into military custody in 2006.

The samples taken from the children were saliva and hair strands.

The said samples were brought to Camp Crame last February 19 for testing. The test results were scheduled for release after a month, Lenizo said.

Lenizo also said that the results would have been released earlier if the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation did the tests.

Last February 19, members of the FBI started forensic examinations to confirm if the cadaver recovered by the Philippine military in Tawi-Tawi belonged to Dulmatin, an Indonesian national wanted for the Bali, Indonesia bombings in October 2002.

Members of the Military Intelligence Group-9 exhumed the cadaver in Sitio Salisit, Barangay Balimbing in Panglima Sugala town on February 18.

The cadaver was first brought to a temporary US military facility inside the Armed Forces' Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) headquarters in Zamboanga City.

A military official said then that the result of the DNA test will be out after two weeks.

$10-million offer
The body, which bore wounds in the head, chest and right foot, was exhumed after the military received information that Dulmatin was killed and buried at the site following an encounter in Tawi-Tawi.

Maj. Gen. Nelson Allaga, WestMinCom chief, had said that military informants identified the body as that of Dulmatin, who has a $10-million bounty offer from the US government.

The official said the circumstances leading to Dulmatin's alleged death started when troops clashed with suspected terrorists in Panglima Sugala on January 31.

The military earlier claimed killing Abu Sayyaf bandit group sub-commander Radi Upao in the encounter, but admitted that Dulmatin escaped.

However, troops were able to arrest another Abu Sayyaf member identified only as Alpha Moha, who told authorities that Dulmatin could have been killed in the Tawi-Tawi encounter.

The military had been huntind down Dulmatin in Tawi-Tawi. It believes that Dulmatin partner, Umar Patek, also a ranking operative of Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, is hiding in Sulu province.

Dulmatin is also known as Ammar Usman. He and Patek are both suspects in the 2002 bombing in Bali, that left dozens of tourists dead. Leila Vicente, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group