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Suciwati to file for review of husband's murder case

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Jakarta Post - February 28, 2011

Suciwati, the wife of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, is planning to issue a case review request to the Supreme Court on her civil case against PT Garuda Indonesia, the airline her husband was traveling on when he was poisoned with arsenic.

According to her lawyers, Suciwati is dissatisfied with the court's decision, which granted her request for Garuda and pilot Pantun Matondang pay her compensation, but failed to grant several other requests, such as making the airline publish apologies in the media and making a statue of her deceased husband.

The court turned down an appeal filed by national carrier Garuda Indonesia in Munir's case.

The rejection, issued on Jan. 28, 2010, obligates the airline and other defendants in the case to pay compensation to Munir's widow, Suciwati, a sum far higher than the Rp 600 million (US$67,800) ruled by a previous court.

According to tempointeraktif.com, Garuda and Pantun are obliged to pay Rp 3.83 billion in compensation.

"Garuda, as a commercial airline, allowed an intelligence operation that caused Munir's death and caused losses," said Haris Azhar from the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

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