A judicial review will not delay the implementation of the verdict, even for the death penalty
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Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono (L) sits next to his lawyer Wirawan Adnan (R) during a trial in Jakarta on October 9, 2008. Purwopranjono, an ex-deputy chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), is on trial accused of plotting rights activist Munir's murder by arsenic poisoning on a flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam in 2004. Munir, who died aged 38, was the leader of independent rights watchdog Kontras and a vocal campaigner for victims of military abuses under the 1965-1998 Suharto dictatorship.
Muchdi Purwopranjono (L), former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief, talks to his lawyer Wirawan Adnan (R) during his trial in Jakarta on September 23, 2008. Purwopranjono faces charges of ordering the murder of celebrated rights activist Munir Said Thalib with arsenic as he flew on national airline Garuda from Jakarta to Amsterdam via Singapore.
A judicial review will not delay the implementation of the verdict, even for the death penalty
I think by announcing a date ahead of time they increase the likelihood that you will get reprisals - because they can focus on a date, they can actually focus on a date - so I think you're increasing the chances of a reprisal by announcing that date ... Even if it's ballpark, you increase the chances of a reprisal.
They went to Denpasar court without our representation, so they lodged on their own behalf using the right which is available in the procedural law ... I think that's part of the plan to halt the process for a while.
We have lodged an appeal because we haven't received a copy of the Supreme Court rejection of our previous appeal