Jakarta –
Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, people involved in the assassination of human rights activists Munir Said Talib, passed away this afternoon. The man who works as a pilot died this afternoon at RSPP, Jakarta.
“I just confirmed it to a doctor at RSPP, it is true that he has preceded us. Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun,” said the Secretary General. Work Party Badaruddin Andi Picunang told reporters on Saturday (17/10/2020). Picunang confirmed the news that Pollycarpus had died.
Pollycarpus reportedly passed away in a positive state of Corona. However, Picunang has not been able to confirm this.
“The problem with COVID-19, I don’t know. The news I got from a friend whose wife is a doctor who handles COVID-19 at RSPP. He is being treated at RSPP,” he said.
Picunang admitted that he last met Pollycarpus in August during the Work Meeting of the Berkarya Party in Surabaya. According to him, Pollycarpus has recently been active in distributing Corona virus herbal medicines.
“He is active in anti-COVID-19 herbal medicine. He is our big family in Berkarya. Please pray for the deceased to be accepted by His side and apologize when there is a mistake. He is a good person,” said Picunang.
Pollycarpus is a former Garuda Indonesia airline pilot who was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted in the case of Munir’s death on September 7, 2004. After serving 8 years in prison, he was declared on parole since November 28, 2014.
There was not much news about him after he was released from Sukamiskin Prison. Polly was declared pure free on August 29, 2018.
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Badaruddin Andi Picunang (Photo: Special doc)— |
It was reported that Polly had joined the Berkarya Party, which was then led by Tommy Soeharto. But he later denied it.
“Oh the Berkarya Party, I did not join me. I did not join the party. The offer to the party was from my friends are sureBut he doesn’t like politics, “said Pollycarpus after visiting the Bandung Correctional Center (Bapas), Jalan Ibrahim Adjie, Bandung City, Wednesday (29/8/2018).
Polly admitted that he had indeed received many offers to join political parties. However, he stressed that he was not interested in pursuing politics.
“Not in charge of politics. I don’t want to, so I prefer to work professionally,” he said.
Polly said that after being purely free, he would focus on pursuing the world of aviation according to his capacity. He will continue to work as a manager at PT Gatari Air Service. The company in the aviation sector was said to belong to Tommy Soeharto.
See also the video ‘Regarding Pollycarpus’ Release, Munir’s Wife: Harming Justice’:
(elz / jbr)
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