GARUDA Pilot Aarrested for Murdering Prosecutor
Pilot charged with murdering prosecutor
9:41 AM July 30
Indonesian prosecutors have charged a Garuda Airlines pilot with murdering the country's best-known human rights activist.
The victim, known as Munir, was poisoned while flying from Jakarta to Amsterdam.
Munir had a long history of challenging Indonesia's security forces and in particular the country's intelligence agency, BIN.
Last September on his way to take up studies in the Netherlands, he became ill and died on a Garuda flight.
It was later discovered he had been poisoned with arsenic.
During the flight, Munir had contact with an off-duty pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, who has been accused of being a BIN spy.
A government-backed investigation team found signs the spy agency was involved in the killing.
Pollycarpus Priyanto has now been charged with premeditated murder and faces a trial within weeks.
Source: ABC