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Activists accuse PTUN judges of misconduct in Munir case ruling
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Activist Suciwati, widow of Munir, embraces Maria Sumarsih, the mother of Wawan, who was killed during the Semanggi Tragedy, next to a photo installation during the 10th commemoration of the Kamisan Silent protest in front of the State Palace in Jakarta on Jan. 19. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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espite their recent defeat at the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta), human rights campaigners will continue to push for justice surrounding the murder of activist Munir Said Thalib.
They turned to the Judicial Commission, an external oversight body that monitors judges, on Tuesday afternoon to file a report against the panel of judges at the administrative court who examined a petition on the murder that occurred 12 years ago.
In its ruling on Feb. 16, the court annulled a Central Information Commission (KIP) ruling delivered last October, which stated that an investigative report into Munir's murder case -- submitted by the now-defunct fact-finding team established by then president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2005 -- constituted public information that needed to be disclosed.
The court ruled in favor of the State Secretariat, which challenged the KIP's decision. Last year, a dispute related to the report was filed jointly by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Munir's widow Suciwati and the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute.
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The PTUN Jakarta concluded that there was no evidence supporting the notion that the findings had been handed over to the State Secretariat to be archived.
"We believe there were irregularities in the PTUN process. For instance, the hearing was conducted behind closed-doors," said Putri Kanesia from Kontras on Tuesday.
The brouhaha over the missing documents has turned into a blame-game between supporters of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Yudhoyono. (wit)
