Pollycarpus Priyanto
Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto is a former Garuda Indonesia airline pilot. He poisoned human rights activist Munir Said Thalib with arsenic on 7 September 2004. On 8 August 2005, he went on trial for the murder.
In December 2005, Priyanto was found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment. In October 2006, his charge was annulled by the Supreme Court, citing insufficient evidence.
He was released on 26 December 2006, after receiving a month reduction on his sentence - less than the time remaining to serve - as part of a holiday amnesty.
The Supreme Court then re-opened the case for a judicial review, and he was sentenced again on 24 January 24, 2008, this time to 20 years.
In November 2014, Priyanto was released from prison on parole. He completed his parole term on 29 August 2018 and was declared completely free.
In March 2018, it was announced Pollycarpus had become a member of Tommy Suharto's Berkarya Party.
