Team aims to speed up Munir's case

JAKARTA: The fact-finding team formed to assist the police investigation into the death of rights activist Munir had its first coordinating meeting with the police at the National Police Headquarters on Thursday.

The team, chaired by Brig. Gen. Marsudi Hanafi, consisted of 13 members of various backgrounds ranging from non-governmental organizations to government officials.

Munarman of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) said that the team and the police investigators would draft a work plan for the investigation.

"The police will also share the results of their investigation into Munir's death with us today in the meeting. Hopefully, we'll be able to solve the case real soon," Munarman said before he stepped into the meeting room.

Munir, the founder of both Imparsial and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), died of arsenic poisoning aboard a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam on Sept. 7. -- JP