JAKARTA, 12 August 2005 - Indonesian police have reportedly arrested a new suspect in the poisoning death of a leading human rights activist. Munir died on a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam last September. An autopsy found a lethal dose of arsenic in his body. The Koran Tempo daily newspaper says Ery Bunyamin, a business class passenger on the same flight has been arrested.

Indonesia's national police chief, General Sutanto, has confirmed the arrest but has not given details. Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, who was travelling off duty on the same flight as Munir, went on trial this week as a key suspect in the murder. Two cabin crew members have been detained as suspects but have not been indicted. Munir made many powerful enemies through his work during and after the rule of dictator Suharto, which ended in May 1998.

He provided legal counsel for victims of state-sanctioned violence and helped expose military involvement in rights violations during East Timor's 1999 independence vote.

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