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THE 400 Series Boeing 747 has been used by almost every airline in the world. Garuda Indonesia Airlines has three. However, this plane, manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States, and which was used on the Jakarta-Singapore-Amsterdam route, has the distinction of being the crime scene in the murder of human rights activist Munir.

Boeing 747 seri 400 sudah jamak dipakai maskapai penerbangan di mana pun. Garuda Indonesia punya tiga. Tapi, pesawat bikinan Boeing Commercial Airplanes Amerika Serikat, yang pernah melayani rute Jakarta-Singapura-Amsterdam, punya keistimewaan sendiri: menjadi saksi kasus pembunuhan aktivis HAM Munir.

KASUS pembunuhan aktivis Munir kembali gelap. Semua seakan kembali ke titik nadir. Berbulan waktu dihabiskan untuk meneliti siapa pembunuh keji yang merenggut nyawa pembela hak asasi manusia berusi 39 tahun itu dengan racun, tapi sekarang misteri makin tebal. Putusan kasasi Mahkamah Agung terhadap Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, seorang pilot Garuda, adalah penyebabnya. Polly divonis 14 tahun penjara oleh pengadilan negeri, kemudian putusan itu dikuatkan pengadilan tinggi. Polly dinyatakan bersalah ikut dalam pembunuhan Munir secara berencana, pada 7 September 2004, dalam pesawat Garuda rute Jakarta-Singapura-Amsterdam.

THE death of Munir Said Thalib has not quite been understood and accepted by 8-year-old Alif Allende and his 4-year-old sister, Diva Suukyi. One night, they both woke up and cried. “I miss Abah,” sobbed Alif. Abah is how siblings Alif and Diva refer to their father, the late Munir, who was killed by poisoning on September 7, 2004. The human rights activist died en route to the Netherlands on a Garuda Indonesia flight. Two years have gone by but Munir’s death remains shrouded in mystery. A number of names ended up as suspects but the real people behind this abominable deed are still free. This enfuriates Suciwati, 38, Munir’s widow, and is what keeps her campaign for the truth.