Waiting for a Trump Card
The Munir murder case is entering a new stage. These coming weeks Maj. Gen. (ret) Muchdi Pr is standing trial. The former deputy of the State Intelligence Agency will be accused of having ordered the killing of rights activist Munir. If proven, Muchdi is liable to a death sentence or life imprisonment.
However, Muchdi’s defense counsel is convinced that he will escape. The documents used by the prosecutors are considered too weak to send this ex-Special Forces commander to prison. Now prosecutors are being challenged.
August 19, 2008
THE dossier about 20 centimeters thick was on the left side of the desk of prosecutor Cirus Sinaga. Beneath the red cover, the case document was interspersed with paper strips of different colors to indicate important pages. It was the examination dossier of Maj. Gen. (ret) Muchdi Purwoprandjono, 59, the former Deputy V/Consolidation of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN). The file contains Muchdi’s answers on his role in BIN and the accusation
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