Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) is hindering the investigation into the murder of rights activist Munir, and the President and the National Police need to help, the government fact-finding team says.

Member Asmara Nababan said the team, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the National Police and BIN leadership needed a face-to-face meeting to resolve the problem.

The BIN chief deputy assigned to help the team investigate BIN officials allegedly involved in the murder, faced too many protocols, Asmara said.

Improving BIN's cooperation was key to speeding the team's work, which was supposed to be completed in June, he said.

"In the meeting with the President, BIN chief (Syamsir Siregar) and National Police chief (Da'i Bachtiar), every party would be expected to be open and transparent. We would also find out about the President's commitment to urging government institutions (to help us)," Asmara said on Tuesday.

The team has repeatedly complained about a lack of cooperation on the part of BIN into the investigation of last year's poisoning of Munir.

Asmara on Tuesday also said that the team had refused to accept a proposal from BIN about how the investigation into its officials should be conducted.

BIN wanted the questioning of its officials to be conducted at the agency's office, while the team wanted it be held in its secretariat at the office of the National Commission on Violence against Women. BIN also demanded the questions be written down while the team wanted them to be asked verbally.

"They said written queries would avoid misinterpretations. But we prefer to ask questions verbally to get direct responses," Asmara said.

"We can't accept it (the BIN proposal) as it is not based on reasonable considerations." Asmara said the team would meet Syamsir within the next few days to talk about the proposal.