State Secretariat Receives Copy of Missing Munir Murder Files From Ex-Minister

Jakarta Globe, Novi Setuningsih, October 27, 2016

Presidential spokesman Johan Budi said on Thursday (27/10) that President
Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has received a copy of missing investigation files on the
murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib from former minister Sudi
Silalahi. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Jakarta. Presidential spokesman Johan Budi said on Thursday (27/10) that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has received a copy of missing investigation files on the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib from former minister Sudi Silalahi.

Sudi, who was former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet secretary, handed over the copy at the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon, Johan told the reporters.

"Now the documents are in the hands of the State Secretariat. They will be copied for the Attorney General's Office," he said.

The files — which were submitted to Yudhoyono by an independent fact-finding team in 2005 — were found to be missing earlier this month after the Central Information Commission ordered the State Secretariat to make the documents public in response to a lawsuit filed by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

The State Secretariat claimed the files were not stored at its headquarters, prompting allegations that they were deliberately misplaced when Yudhoyono was still in office.

The former president denied the allegations, saying he is more than willing to help President Jokowi solve the murder case by providing copies of the documents.

Earlier, Chief Security Minister Wiranto said the government should study the documents before taking further steps on the case, including whether or not to continue the investigation.

Activists have long demanded that the government find Munir's real killer. The activist was poisoned with arsenic during a brief layover in Singapore in 2004, before boarding a flight to Amsterdam.

Former pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was sentenced to 14 years in prison for premeditated murder. However, the masterminds behind Munir's murder remain unknown, while the investigation results have never been disclosed to the public.

Former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressing the media at his

 house in Cikeas, Bogor district, West Java, on on Tuesday (25/10). (Antara Photo/

Yulius Satria Wijaya)

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