Pilot jailed for killing Indonesian human-rights activist

An off-duty pilot was today sentenced to 14 years in jail for the poisoning death of Indonesia’s top human-rights activist, but critics said the masterminds remained free.

The court said Pollycarpus Priyanto placed arsenic in Munir Thalib’s meal on a Garuda Airlines flight in 2004 because he wanted to silence the outspoken government and military critic.