Jakarta – A witness Tuesday supported earlier testimonies that the alleged plot to murder human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was linked to the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

During the trial of former BIN deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono, Usman Hamid, the former secretary of the fact-finding team investigating Munir's murder, said the team received a document containing several murder scenarios from a police intelligence officer. Usman refused to reveal the identity of the officer.

"We received a document on plans to murder Munir. According to the document the plan was discussed in several meetings," he told the court.

Among the people who participated at the meetings, he said, were former BIN chief Hendropriyono, former BIN deputy chiefs II and IV, Muchdi, former Garuda Indonesia airlines president director Indra Setiawan and Garuda officer Rohainil Aini.

Munir was found dead on board a Garuda flight to Amsterdam on Sept. 7, 2004. The cause of death was arsenic poisoning, allegedly administered during a stopover in Singapore's Changi Airport. Former pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for premeditating the murder.

Usman said the document described four methods that could be used to murder Munir, who was the cofounder of human rights organizations Kontras and Imparsial.

The first plan was to shoot Munir, while the second plan was to poison him. The other murder methods were to kill Munir in a road accident or by using black magic. (dre)