UPDATE (Indonesia): President and Parliament must audit the police investigation performance in Munir’s case 

[RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir; UP-30-2005: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end further inquiries; UP-47-2005: State intelligence officers delay Munir investigation; UP-72-2005: Mandate of fact-finding team into Munir’s murder should be extended and made more effective; UP-83-2005: Police fail to follow up on fact-finding report into Munir case; UP-96-2005: Trial of Pollycarpus ignores fact-finding team reports]
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UP-125-2005: INDONESIA: President and Parliament must audit the police investigation performance in Munir’s case

INDONESIA: Delayed police investigation; No rule of law, Impunity
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Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) again calls for your strong support in the murder case of Munir, the prominent human rights activist in Indonesia.

Despite strong and constant demand from the local human rights groups, the presidential fact finding team (TPF)’s report which had been submitted to President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono on 23 June 2005 has not yet been released to the public.

In addition, there is still no progress of the investigation into Munir’s murder conducted by the police investigation team, which was formed as soon as the TPF’s mandate had been completed in this June. Even though the findings of the TPF suggested the involvement of high-ranking intelligence officials and senior employees of the Garuda airline in Munir’s death, there has been no investigation of those people. As a result, no prosecution has been made against them except Pollycarpus, a Garuda pilot and the major suspect in Munir’s murder.

Meanwhile, several hearings of the trial against Pollycarpus (Case No. 1305/JKT.PST/07/2005) were held at the Central Jakarta District Court in September and up to now. About 20 persons, mainly air crews of Garuda Airlines, have testified. However, none of them have clearly established that Pollycarpus was involved in Munir’s killing.

In light of the above, we urge you to write to the President of Indonesia and Chairperson of Parliament requesting them to audit the police investigation performance in Munir’s case. Please also urge them to appoint a special independent monitoring body to observe the conduct of the police investigation.

The AHRC also calls to all concerned groups and persons to attend the trial of Munir’s murder (the trial against Pollycarpus) as observers. The trial is being held every Tuesday and Friday from 9:00 am, at the Central Jakarta District Court, 3^rd floor, room 1, Jl. Gajah Mada Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia.

To see our previous Urgent Appeals regarding Munir’s case, please visit:

– UA-164-2004: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir
– UP-30-2005: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end further inquiries
– UP-47-2005: State intelligence officers delay Munir investigation
– UP-72-2005: Mandate of fact-finding team into Munir’s murder should be extended and made more effective
– UP-83-2005: Police fail to follow up on fact-finding report into Manir case; President does not react to requests for monitoring of the investigation
– UP-96-2005: Trial of Pollycarpus ignores fact-finding team reports

SUGGESTED ACTION:
Please send an appeal letter to the Indonesian President and Chairperson of the Parliament, urging them to audit the police investigation performance in Munir’s case and ensure its accountability.

To support this case, please click here: SEND APPEAL LETTER