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Indonesian Court Overturns Murder Conviction in Munir Thalib Case

HeadlineOct 05, 2006

In Indonesia, the Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a pilot found guilty of murdering the leading human rights activist Munir Thalib. The pilot, Pollycarpus Priyanto, was aboard Thalib’s flight to Singapore in September of 2004. Priyanto was convicted last year after evidence showed he gave Thalib a poisoned glass of orange juice. But this week, the Supreme Court ruled there was not enough evidence for a conviction. Thalib was a prominent critic of the Indonesian government and military. Indonesia’s state intelligence agency has also been implicated in his murder but to date no official has been brought to trial.

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