Maryadi, Jakarta — A visit by Munir’s widow,
Suciwati to the United States on October 14-20 has
produced results. The United Nations, the US
Congress and the Senate have declared their support
to quickly find Munir’s murderer.

At a press conference on Saturday October 28 at the
offices of the Commission for Missing Persons and
Victims of Violence (Kontras) offices on Jl.
Borobudur in Jakarta, a member of the Solidarity
Committee for Munir (Kasum), Usman Hamid, announced
that the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial
Executions, Professor Philips Alston, is prepared to
become involved in investigating the Munir case. The
first step will be to send a letter to the
Indonesian government asking for the Munir case to
be quickly resolved.

Next, members of US Congress and Senate are ready to
again write to the Indonesian government about the
importance for both countries of solving the Munir
case. A letter will be send before the end of the
year. Support has also come from the US government
through the Acting Secretary of State, Scott
Marciel. Hamid said that aside from the US, support
has also come from the Netherlands, which is ready
to cooperate to help resolve the Munir case.

Munir’s widow, Suciwati, has warmly greeted these
expressions of support. "This convinces [me] that
the steps I have taken [were right]. It turns out
there are many who support [me]", she said
accusingly. Suciwati also warned the Indonesian
government not to play around in investigating
Munir’s murder saying she hopes that Indonesia can
find a resolution to the case without going through
the International Court of Justice. (mar/mar)

[Translated by James Balowski.]