President told to reform BIN

President told to reform BIN

JAKARTA: The President must take the necessary measures to
force the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to cooperate with
police investigating the murder of human rights campaigner Munir,
human rights watchdog Imparsial says.

"I doubt that BIN officers will provide proper data or access
to the police in the investigation into Munir's death, and I
believe the police will only crash into a wall if the President
fails to reform the agency or does not force it to become more
cooperative," Imparsial executive director Rachland Nashiddik
said on Friday.

His remark came after a recent Cabinet meeting decided to drop
a plan to form a presidential commission tasked with monitoring
the police's work and making sure that all those implicated in
the murder case be sent to trial.

Munir died in September last year on board a Garuda aircraft
flying from Jakarta to Amsterdam. According to an autopsy carried
out by Dutch authorities, the staunch human rights activist died
from arsenic poisoning.

The government's fact-finding team has linked several BIN
officials to the murder. --JP