Ex-spy cleared of Indonesian murder
Former spy boss cleared of charges he ordered murder of rights activist Munir Thalib.
Published On 31 Dec 2008
Munir Thalib died after consuming orange juice laced with arsenic on a flight with Indonesian national airline Garuda in 2004.
A prominent human rights campaigner, he had been vocal in exposing abuses by the military under Indonesia’s former president Suharto.
In January Indonesia’s supreme court sentenced a former Garuda airlines pilot to 20 years in jail for carrying out the murder.
Source: News Agencies