Detik.com
- August 4, 2009
E Mei Amelia
R, Jakarta – The Attorney General’s Office is again being urged to immediately
submit a judicial review over the Supreme Court’s verdict to release Muchdi
Purwoprandjono.
This time
the request was conveyed by some 200 people calling themselves the “Friends of
Munir”, who gave speeches in front of the AGO’s office on Jl. Sultan Hasanudin
in South Jakarta at a protest action on Tuesday August 4.
The
protesters, who wore black and red T-shirts with pictures of Munir, arrived
using four Metromini buses and a vehicle carrying a sound system.
The wife of
the late Munir, Suciwati took part in the protest action along with Solidarity
Action Committee for Munir (Kasum) activist Choirul Anam and the director of
the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation, Asfinawati. Prior to this they held
demonstrations in front of the State Palace and the National Police
headquarters.
“The
Attorney General must carry out reforms by appointing a credible team of
prosecutors to fully investigate the Munir case. Submit a judicial review on
Muchdi’s release now”, said one of the protesters, Ainul Yakin.
The also
demanded that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono provide political support for
fully resolving the case and put pressure on National Police chief General
Bambang Hendarso Danuri to [re-]activate the Munir [fact finding] team in order
to open the way for a follow up investigation into the Munir case.
A number of
police officers were visible watching over the action and directing traffic
along the length of Jl. Sultan Hasanudin in front of the AGO. No traffic
congestion was apparent as a result of the protest action. (ndr/iy)
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
