Indonesian Court Acquits Former Spy Of Activist's Murder

Jakarta  - An Indonesian district court on Wednesday unexpectedly acquitted a former senior intelligence official of charges of murdering a prominent human rights activist.

The South Jakarta district court declared Muchdi Purwoprandjono "not guilty" of involvement in the assassination of Munir Said Thalib, who died of arsenic poisoning aboard a Garuda Indonesia flight to Amsterdam in 2004.