Pelangi Weekly
December 17, 2010, in Kisar, Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Mirulewan's body was found with apparent bruising
on a remote beach in Kisar, one of the eastern Maluku Islands, according to The Jakarta Globe and other news
accounts. He had been missing for two days.
Insany Syahbarwaty, a coordinator for the
Maluku Media Center, a local support group, told The Globe that Mirulewan, 28, chief editor of the Pelangi Weekly, had been looking into
allegations of unlawful fuel sales. Mirulewan was working on the story with a
colleague from another publication when the two became separated while
following a fuel truck, Syahbarwaty said. Mirulewan had also covered recent, sharply
contested elections, The Jakarta Post
said.
Police offered differing accounts regarding
the condition of his body. One officer told the Jakarta Post that the body showed clear signs of assault; another
attributed the condition to decomposition.
Medium: Print
Job: Editor
Beats Covered: Crime
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Criminal Group
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: Yes
Tortured: Yes
Threatened: No
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