Detik.com
– December 30, 2009
Muhammad
Taufiqqurahman, Jakarta – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (Kasum)
sees 2009 as a year of gloom that failed to provide any clarity in the ongoing
investigation of Munir's murder.
"2009
was a year without hope for the Munir case. This year, the state hardly made any
progress whatsoever in uncovering the intellectual actor behind the murder of
human rights activist Munir Said Thalib", explain Kasum Executive
Secretary Choirul Anam in a press conference at his office on Jl. Borobudur,
Jakarta, on Wednesday December 30.
In
remembering one year since the release of [former State Intelligence deputy
director] Muchdi Purwopranjono by the South Jakarta District Court, Kasum said
it felt deeply disappointed. The reason being that there were the many
irregularities from the prosecution's case, the trail hearings, the charges and
the court's ruling.
"Kasum
believes that these irregularities indicate that there is a conspiracy to
maneuver the Munir case so that it stops or is put on ice. When the prosecution
said that the motive for the murder was a personal grudge, Kasum began to doubt
that the involvement of other actors higher up than Muchdi Pr would be
revealed," Anam explained.
Kasum is
therefore urging the Attorney General's Office to immediately submit a judicial
review over Muchdi's release, because there are no grounds for the AGO to
delaying doing so.
"[They
should] also replace the AGO team that is responsible for the Munir case and if
necessary replace the entire AGO leadership. Up until now, the AGO as an institution
failed to seriously represent justice," he added.
There is
hope that the national police will be able to reactivate the police team to
work at preparing new evidence and uncovering the intellectual actors aside
from Muchdi.
"We are
also urging the Judicial Commission to complete its investigation into Kasum's
complaint that there are strong indications of professional misconduct and the
code of ethics by the trail judges at the South Jakarta District Court that
ruled [in favour] of Muchdi. We are also calling on the National Human Rights
Commission not to postpone the publication of the results of an examination
into the Muchdi Pr case, which has already been carried out," he said in
closing. (ndr/iy)
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
