"Yes, it was sent to the wrong address. The Munir case involves a crime, a general crime and therefore it is the business of the police. The public prosecutor`s office only receives the dossiers on the case from the police," Noor Rachmad, head of the AGO`s legal information bureau, said here on Wednesday.
Several on-line media had reported earlier that Amnesty International had sent a letter to Attorney General Basrief Arief urging him to conduct a new investigation into the Munir case and make it a priority.
Amnesty International viewed the handling of the case had been unconvincing and therefore could become a bad precedent for human rights enforcement in Indonesia.
Attorney General Basrief Arief said the prosecutor`s office had been very serious in the handling of the case because the dossiers that police investigators had submitted to the office had been complete.
"It means the case has been settled through the court and the rulings made by the court have had permanent legal effect," he said.
He said the prosecutor`s office had implemented its authority over the case optimally.
The coordinator of Kontras (Commission on Missing People and Victims of Violence), Haris Azhar, said the government had not been serious in its efforts to unveil the case for fear of political consequences.
"In the past seven years after the murder case of human rights champion Munir no signs have been seen that it would be settled," he said at the commemoration of Munir`s death at his office.
He said the government did not give a priority to human rights cases because of fear of possible political consequences.
"No case of violence and human rights violations have been responded due to their political linkage," he said.
With regard to Munir`s case he said the President, the chief justice, the Attorney General and the minister of law should sit and evaluate the progress of the case investigation to assure that justice is met.
He said it has increasingly been clear there had been deliberate actions to weaken efforts in the settlement of the case by the government, the Attorney General Office, the State Intelligence Agency and the police.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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