Activists press AGO to resolve Munir case

Ten activists under the Sahabat Munir movement strolled into the Attorney General's Office building, Tuesday, to demand that the murder case of Munir be taken seriously.

The gruop of activists from various human rights organization protested in front of the building before being received by Junior Attorney for Specific Crime (Jampidsus) Amari.

Acoording to Choirul Anam, one of the activits from the human right working group, Sahabat Munir voiced two demands to Amari.

The first is a clarification on the progress of the case of Munir.

"When will the case review of Muchdi PR take place?" he said, referring to a former state intelligence agency deputy chief who was charged with masterminding the murder of Munir.

The high court has denied prosecutor's appeal on the trial of Muchdi. Sahabat Munir now urge the AGO to do its utmost to earn a case review.

The second demand is concerns the punishment of Rohainil Aini. The flight operator support officer who is also an actor in the murder case, has been sentenced to jail for her part in the murder.

"We know for a fact that she is not in prison," Anam said.

Dorus Wakum, an activist who also heads the Anti-Corruption Papuan Society Alliance Community (KAMPAK), also vioced his concerns.

"It was murder, not a heart failure or stroke," he said of the death of Munir, who served as an advocate of 'bloody Wasior and Wamena', a human rights case in 2003.

Wakum said that unless the Munir case is resolved, human right violation will always be swept under the rug.

"The credibilty of the AGO is at stake here," he said

Human right activist Munir died on board a Garuda flight to Amsterdam in 2004 from arsenic poisoning.