Detik.com
- November 11, 2009
Anwar
Khumaini, Jakarta – The wife of the late human rights defender Munir, has
lamented the application of the law in Indonesia, saying the state only
prosecutes the poor.
Suciwati
made the remark during a press conference at the Indonesian Human Rights Watch
(Imparsial) offices on Jl. Diponegoro in Central Jakarta on Tuesday November
24. Suciwati said that a grandmother called Minah in Purwokerto, Central Java,
was a case in point.
"The
law is just applied to poor people only," related Suciwati. "Just look
at the case of Ibu Minah, she picked three cocoa fruits and was prosecuted by
the law. Meanwhile the corrupters and Munir's killer are left untouched",
added Suciwati.
Suciwati
explained how rotten the law is in Indonesia because it is selective in how it
deals with cases.
Related to
the murder of her husband, Suciwati has not yet lost hope that it will soon be
solved. The Attorney General's Office has been asked to immediately submit a
judicial review over the release of former State Intelligence Agency deputy
Muchdi Purwoprandjono.
"We are
calling for the judicial review to be submitted immediately", said the
slender woman. (anw/nrl)
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
