Team aims to speed up Munir's case

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