TheCommission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said that itcondemned the government for erasing resolution of the murder case of humanrights activist Munir Saib Thalib from its list of priorities.
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Thecondemnation came during the approach of the seventh anniversary of Munir’smurder, which falls on September 1.
“There havebeen 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 lawon” Kontras coordinator Haris Azhar said on Monday in a press statement to TheJakarta Post.
“TheSupreme Court has freed Muchdi Purwoprandjono and gave Pollycarpus a number ofprison sentence reductions that have been challenged based on accusations ofobscure and vague reasoning,” he added.
PollycarpusBudihari Prijanto, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 2008 for thepre-meditated murder of Munir, has been granted remissions every IndependenceDay and Christmas Day since his imprisonment. He recently received a 9 monthsand 5 days remission on Independence Day.
Muchdi, whowas the former deputy chairman of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), was puton trial for Munir’s murder but has been declared innocent.
He furthersaid that it was befitting that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the SupremeCourt, the Attorney General’s Office and the Law and Human Rights Ministry “sittogether and evaluate progress made in this case and ensure that justice isfulfilled”.
“We areconcerned that if President Susilo Bambag Yudhoyono remains quite and lawenforcers mum, the Munir case would be erased from notes on legal processes.Those responsible will be free, physically and politically, meaning that therewould not be any correction on that crime for Indonesia’s law and justice inthe future,” he added.
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