Poisoned at 36,000ft
Jun 24, 2021
3 minutes
Tucking into his inflight meal, Munir Said Thalib, 38, couldn’t wait to get to Amsterdam.
It was September 2004, and the father-of-two was travelling from his native Indonesia to Europe to attend university.
In 1998, Munir had launched a human-rights organisation: the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence.
It investigated government corruption and the political abduction of dozens of activists.
His work earnt him a top international award.
But Munir’s fearless criticism of Indonesian military and security services over alleged human-rights
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