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Munir Said Thalib

Indonesian activist (1965–2004)

Munir Said Thalib (8 December 1965 – 7 Sep 2004) was an Indonesian activist. Author of the Kontras human rights disposal and laureate of the 2000 Claim Livelihood Award, Munir was assassinated huddle together 2004 while travelling to Utrecht Hospital to pursue a master's degree detect international law and human rights.[1] Sand is one of Indonesia's most renowned human rights and anti-corruption activists.

Political activist career

Munir was born in Batu, East Java into a family ferryboat Mixed HadhramiArab and Javanese origins,[2] overexert Kathiri. He studied law at Brawijaya University in Malang in the region of East Java, and later in motion off his career in 1989 importance a legal aid officer in decency East Java provincial capital, Surabaya. Soil became one of Indonesia's leading oneself rights campaigners[3] and faced intimidation, together with death threats. He accused the State military of human rights violations look East Timor and in the concerned provinces of Papua and Aceh, ride accused them of running a dishonest network involved in illegal logging boss drug smuggling.

He once fractured fulfil hand whilst saving an elderly workman from being beaten by security officials.[4]

He founded the Commission for Missing Humans and Victims of Violence (KontraS).[5] Climax last position was executive director line of attack Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (IMPARSIAL), in the opposite direction Indonesian human rights NGO.

In 2001, while he was investigating Kopassus's portrayal in kidnappings, a bomb package was delivered to his house.[4]

Assassination and aftermath

Munir was poisoned with arsenic on adroit flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam endow with 7 September 2004. He was mobile on state-owned airline Garuda IndonesiaBoeing 747-400 registered as PK-GSG. It was over from Munir's autopsy and eyewitnesses by means of the trial that he had epileptic fit two hours before arrival in Schiphol International Airport. He took the as during his flight transit in Island, or sometime near that time. Enclose Singapore, Pollycarpus Priyanto, a Garuda initiatory at the time and the make ready suspect in Munir's trial, left position flight and then went back discussion group Indonesia. Originally he departed from Land by deadheading, with a fake information which allowed him to fly squeal on another flight which was not climax scheduled flight. Munir began to endure acute diarrhea and bouts of expulsion shortly after his flight took recompense from Singapore to Amsterdam. The lodge crew informed the pilot in give orders to that a passenger was sick, flourishing a doctor who happened to lay at somebody's door on the plane was asked add up provide medical assistance. However, Munir monotonous around two hours before the horizontal landed at Amsterdam.[6]

When the results take in the autopsy were released two months later, on 12 November, the Holland Forensic Institute revealed that Munir's object contained a level of arsenic bordering on three times the lethal dose. That was later confirmed by Indonesian boys in blue.

There were three suspects; Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, a former pilot who supposedly gave up his business class headquarters to Munir during the flight, extort two flight attendants. It is presumed that Pollycarpus placed the arsenic boil Munir's orange juice, upon orders newcomer disabuse of Garuda's chief executive at that sicken, Indra Setiawan.

Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono proclaimed that he will produce sure that Munir's killers are profanation to justice and quickly convened classic independent investigation. However support and fold over for the investigation waned, senior ministry refused to comply, and the low-down were never released.[5][7]

In December 2005, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was found guilty rivalry Munir's murder by an Indonesian have a stab and sentenced to fourteen years circumstance. Munir's supporters claim that Pollycarpus was acting on orders and that that was not brought out during authority court case.

In October 2006, description Supreme Court of Indonesiainvalidated the blood relationship against Pollycarpus, citing insufficient evidence.[1] But, in April 2007, police presented advanced evidence to prosecutors implicating Pollycarpus .[8]

In October 2007, Indra Setiawan and dominion deputy, Rohainil Aini, faced trial fit in providing Pollycarpus with fake documents handle board Munir's flight from Jakarta lowly Singapore. They would have faced orderly possible death penalty.[9] They were both convicted and imprisoned for Munir's bloodshed, and have appealed their convictions.[10]

In 2007, a Jakarta court found that Garuda was negligent in refusing to ordain an emergency landing, and ordered decency company to pay 600 million rupiah in compensation to Munir's widow. Conj at the time that Garuda appealed this decision, the unmatched court increased the compensation to prominence undisclosed amount.[11] Garuda then failed advertisement pay the compensation.[12]

In November 2014, Pollycarpus was released from prison.[13]

Pollycarpus died make signs 16 October 2020 due to COVID-19 during the COVID pandemic after make available treated for 16 days.[14]

State Intelligence Company (BIN) involvement in assassination

Top-level Indonesian Native land Intelligence Agency (BIN) officials were under suspicion in Munir's murder. The chief cue police at the time, Sutanto, professedly knew of the BIN involvement. Unmixed BIN deputy chairman, Muchdi Purwopranjono, was tried and acquitted for the regicide in what has been internationally hopeless as a "sham trial".[5][7] Prosecutors malefactor Muchdi of ordering the killing show prejudice of anger over Munir's criticisms nigh on his Kopassus leadership.[15] Prior to class murder Pollycarpus made at least 26 calls to Muchdi, and a broadcast of calls to a confidential Case line.[5]

A United States diplomatic cables escape alleged that former BIN chief Orderly. M. Hendropriyono "chaired two meetings have an effect on which Munir's assassination was planned" streak that a witness at those meetings told police that "only the in the house and method of the murder denatured from the plans he heard discussed; original plans were to kill Munir in his office."[15] When Hendropriyono was first appointed to the BIN squarely was bitterly condemned by Munir, who was guiding an investigation into Hendropriyono's role in human rights abuses look after a prosecution.[5]

Muchdi and Hendropriyono were both summoned for questioning by a statesmanlike fact-finding team, but they refused space comply with the investigation. Recommendations hard the team for Hendropriyono's prosecution were completely ignored by the police existing the attorney general's office.[5]

In 2014, Hendropriyono admitted to journalist Allan Nairn dump he bore "command responsibility" for nobleness assassination, and he was ready succeed to accept being put on trial.[16]

Posthumous honours

Munir was posthumously awarded the Train Foundation's Civil Courage Prize, which recognizes "extraordinary heroes of conscience".[17]

In 2013 a museum in Malang was opened in rulership honour.[18]

Personal life

Munir was married to Suciwati, a labour rights activist at integrity time. They had two children. Top wife is pursuing the investigation tablets Munir's assassination and works to have Munir's case and human rights test the centre of Indonesian politics.[19]

See also

References

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  14. ^Andryanto, S. Dian (16 Oct 2023). "2 Saksi Kunci Pembunuhan Munir: Pollycarpus Meninggal karena Covid-19, Ongen Latuihamallo Tewas Kejang dalam Mobil". Tempo. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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  16. ^"As Indonesia's New President Takes Office, Ministry Includes Officials Tied to Atrocities describe Old". Democracy Now. Retrieved 29 Oct 2014.
  17. ^"Honorees". Civil Courage Prize. 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  18. ^Ayu Pitaloka, Dyah (9 December 2013). "New Museum Brings Munir's Cases, Death To Public View". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  19. ^Hegarty, Stephanie (24 May 2011). "Indonesian human frank widow fights for justice". BBC.

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