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KHN member Fajrul Falaakh dies

National Law Commission (KHN) member Fajrul Falaakh, 54, an expert on constitutional law, passed away at Harapan Kita Hospital at around 1:10 p

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Thu, February 13, 2014

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KHN member Fajrul Falaakh dies

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ational Law Commission (KHN) member Fajrul Falaakh, 54,an expert on constitutional law, passed away at Harapan Kita Hospital at around1:10 p.m. on Wednesday.

'€œHis body will be laid to rest at his private residence at Jl. Dato Tonggara No. 8 Kramat Jati, Jakarta,'€ Fajrul'€™s younger brother, Muhammad Romahurmuziy, or Romy, said via a text message in Jakarta on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara news agency. He did not provide details on the cause of death, although Fajrul had been suffering from an illness.

On behalf of his family, Romy sought to apologize for any mistakes his brother might have made during his life.

'€œMay God give him a peaceful rest,'€ said the United Development Party (PPP) secretary general.

Fajrul was a lecturer at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) School of Law in Yogyakarta and was widely known as an expert of constitutional law.

Fajrul was born in Gresik, East Java, on April 2, 1959. He graduated from the UGM School of Constitutional Law in 1983 and pursued postgraduate qualifications in the UK and the US.

He had served on the Indonesian Advocates Association'€™s (Peradi) Honorary Board since 2008 and was a member on the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Advisory Board since 2007. He had been a KHN member since 2000.

He is survived by his wife, journalist Ratih Hardjono.

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