Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not interfere in the legal case centering on the alleged murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who died on board a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to the Netherlands in 2004, an aide to the President says.

Presidential spokesman on domestic affairs Julian Aldrin Pasha said that it was not relevant to query Yudhoyono's commitment to enforcing the law on human rights violations.

"Yudhoyono's administration will neither intervene nor hinder the processes related to the legal affairs in the country," he said on Wednesday.

Julian said that it was the task of law enforcers to investigate Munir's death. Julian said that investigations into alleged human rights violations had improved under Yudhoyono's administration.

A number of human rights activists staged a rally in front of Merdeka Palace demanding President Yudhoyono pay attention to Munir's murder case.