Jakarta – Indonesia's Judicial Commission has urged national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia to comply with a Supreme Court verdict ordering the payment of compensation to Suciwati, the widow of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

"If Garuda complies with the court's order, not only it will abide by the law, it will also strengthen the public's trust," the commission's deputy chairman Iman Anshori Saleh said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed by Garuda over the case surrounding the murder of Munir. In its verdict, issued on Jan. 28, 2010, Garuda was ordered to pay Suciwati a sum of money much higher than the Rp 600 million (US$67,800) ruled by a lower court. The actual amount stated by the Court has not been disclosed.

Munir died from arsenic poisoning onboard a Garuda flight to Amsterdam in 2004. Suciwati filed a civil case two years later against the airline and several of its officials. The Central Jakarta District Court ruled in July 2007 that Garuda's former president director Indra Setiawan and the flight captain Pantun Matondang were negligent for failing to perform an emergency landing when Munir required medical attention.

The court ordered Garuda, along with other defendants, to pay Rp 600 million in compensation. The decision was upheld by the Jakarta High Court in December 2007.