Garuda Airlines chief charged with putting arsenic in passenger's meal
The Times Online reports that the former head of Indonesia’s national airline, Indra Setiawan, and his deputy, Rohainil Aini, have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, after a human rights activist ate an in-flight meal that was laced with a "massive dose of arsenic" and died on the plane.
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The poisoning of Munir Said Thalib (above left) in 2004 silenced one of the most ardent critics of Indonesia’s military, a lawyer who, at 38, had spent much of his life exposing the corruption and human rights abuses wrought by its officers.
Before his agonising mid-flight death shortly before landing in Amsterdam, Mr Munir had been preparing a report on human rights abuses in the provinces of Aceh and Papua.
Indra Setiawan (above right), the former head of Garuda Airlines, and his deputy, Rohainil Aini appeared in the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday on charges of conspiracy to commit murder. Their trials follow the 2005 conviction of Pollycarpus Priyanto, an off-duty Garuda pilot found guilty of Mr Munir’s murder but acquitted on appeal to the Supreme Court last year. The murder, claim Mr Munir’s supporters, may ultimately have been the work of Indonesia’s spy agency.
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I feel like their secret operation was too, um, clumsily done...come on, arsenic on a plane ride? too public. what happened to kidnappers in white vans?
Probably don't want to pay for the man's room and board. 'Sides, they had already had a patsy for the eventual conclusion of the murder investigation. I'm sure the CEO of a national airlines would be that lucky that the guy criticizing him (assuming that's the official motive) would prefer to fly out of the country with his airline company.
I flew on Garuda from Jakarta to Denpasa once. It was like riding down a really bumpy road in a Pinto with no shocks while thirty people blow cigarette smoke in your face. I'm amazed the victim was able to get a meal down.
They give in-flight meals? No way.
How long until this type of thing becomes commonplace in the U.S.? We already have a de-facto dictatorship in Bush and a congress and court system that is ready to surrender all of our freedoms to our spy agencies.
for detail about this case please read chronology in http://www.munir.or.id/
http://kontras.org/
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-09-voa18.cfm
http://www.antara.co.id/, choice English version and type munir in antara google serach.
We comments carefully for the case about this very sensitive .
for detail about this case please read chronology in http://www.munir.or.id/
http://kontras.org/
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-09-voa18.cfm
http://www.antara.co.id/, choice English version and type 'munir' in 'antara' google search.
We comments carefully for the case, because this very sensitive .