The
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said that it
condemned the government for erasing resolution of the murder case of human
rights activist Munir Saib Thalib from its list of priorities.
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| Munir Saib Thalib |
The
condemnation came during the approach of the seventh anniversary of Munir’s
murder, which falls on September 1.
“There have
been so many dynamics within the Munir case over these seven years. However,
over the last three years, the justice agenda has ended in weakening the law
on” Kontras coordinator Haris Azhar said on Monday in a press statement to The
Jakarta Post.
“The
Supreme Court has freed Muchdi Purwoprandjono and gave Pollycarpus a number of
prison sentence reductions that have been challenged based on accusations of
obscure and vague reasoning,” he added.
Pollycarpus
Budihari Prijanto, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 2008 for the
pre-meditated murder of Munir, has been granted remissions every Independence
Day and Christmas Day since his imprisonment. He recently received a 9 months
and 5 days remission on Independence Day.
Muchdi, who
was the former deputy chairman of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), was put
on trial for Munir’s murder but has been declared innocent.
He further
said that it was befitting that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Supreme
Court, the Attorney General’s Office and the Law and Human Rights Ministry “sit
together and evaluate progress made in this case and ensure that justice is
fulfilled”.
“We are
concerned that if President Susilo Bambag Yudhoyono remains quite and law
enforcers mum, the Munir case would be erased from notes on legal processes.
Those responsible will be free, physically and politically, meaning that there
would not be any correction on that crime for Indonesia’s law and justice in
the future,” he added.
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