THE request for appeal was finally made after the panel of judges acquitted Major-General Muchdi Purwoprandjono of all charges. On December 31, the South Jakarta District Court panel of judges ruled that the former deputy head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) was not proven guilty as a mastermind behind the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, 39, who died of arsenic poisoning during his trip to the Netherlands on September 7,