SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2008
11:24 MECCA TIME, 8:24 GMT
Indonesia police reopen murder case
Ex-airline pilot Polycarpus Priyanto has been jailed
for 20 years for murdering activist Munir Thalib [AFP]
Indonesian police have reopened an investigation into
the murder of a leading human rights activist after a
former airline pilot was convicted of the crime.
Police will question Indonesian intelligence agents
for the first time about their reported involvement in
the 2004 death by poisoning of Munir Thalib.
Polycarpus Priyanto, an ex-pilot for national airline
Garuda, was convicted in 2005 of poisoning Munir with
arsenic during a flight from Amsterdam, but the
supreme court acquitted him 10 months later.
Thalib's widow Suciwati has claimed intelligence
officers ordered her husband's murder.
Usman Hamid, a human rights campaigner, told Al
Jazeera the murder case was an important test for the
government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's
president.
"Only when the real masterminds of the murder are
brought to court, can the government prove that even
the most powerful in Indonesia are not above the law,"
Hamid said.
Forged documents
The same court that acquitted Priyanto overturned the
acquittal on Friday based on new evidence and ruled he
had committed premeditated killing, a court spokesman,
said.
Priyanto was also convicted of using forged documents
to board the plane posing as a security agent. He was
sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison.
Al Jazeera's Step Vassen met Priyanto shortly on
Friday before he was arrested.
Priyanto said: "I will never give up my fight. I did
nothing wrong. I didn't know Munir. I had nothing to
do with him. I didn't even know him, he was not my
friend nor my enemy. It is not my business."
More than a dozen security officers took Priyanto from
his home on the outskirts of Jakarta and brought him
to Cipinang Prison late on Friday.
Munir's widow has been fighting an uphill battle for
more than three years to bring the perpetrators of her
husband's killing to justice.
"The police say they will wait for official documents
from the supreme court before they take any further
steps," Suciwati told Al Jazeera.
Source: Agencies
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