---------- forwarded message ---------- From: Amir Sidharta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 21 Apr 2007 02:27 Subject: [berita-bhinneka] Probe says Munir likely poisoned at Singapore airport To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
April 21, 2007 Probe says Munir likely poisoned at Singapore airport JAKARTA (AP): A new investigation into the death of Indonesia's most prominent human rights activist indicates he was poisoned at Singapore's airport before boarding a plane to the Netherlands, a top detective said Friday. Munir Said bin Thalib, who exposed abuses by the Indonesian army during Soeharto's era, began feeling ill about 40 minutes into the Sept. 7, 2004 Garuda Indonesia flight and his condition quickly deteriorated. He died two hours before landing at Amsterdam's Schipol International Airport. Prosecutors earlier claimed the 38-year-old was poisoned on a Jakarta-Singapore flight, the first leg of his journey, but chief detective Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Friday new evidence indicated it happened later. "We are now sure Munir was poisoned (while transiting) at Changi airport," he said, noting that forensic experts in Seattle, Washington said the arsenic in his body "was the S-3 type, which reacts 30 to 60 minutes after intake." The probe into Thalib's death is seen as a test of how much Indonesia has changed since the days of Soeharto, who ruled the country with an iron fist for 32 years until democracy riots forced him to resign in 1998. Last year, the Supreme Court cleared the sole suspect, off-duty pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, of murder charges, citing insufficient evidence. He was accused on lacing Thalib's inflight orange juice or noodles, a claim he denied. The investigation was reopened amid public pressure and authorities last week charged Indra Setiawan, the former head of national airline Garuda, and flight operations officer Rohainil Aini, of helping commit premeditated murder. (**) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
