Former attorney general Marzuki appointed member of UN inquiry team 

Former attorney general Marzuki Darusman has been appointed as a member of a United Nations inquiry team to investigate the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Marzuki told tempointeraktif.com on Saturday that the inquiry team should get wide access from the current Pakistani government so the team could produce credible results and accomplish its mission within six months.  

"I, together with the team, need to get an agreement with the government so that the team can get access and its findings can also be accessed [by the public]," Marzuki said.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon informed Bhutto's husband, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, that the United Nations "is committed to assisting Pakistan by determining the facts and circumstances of her death," UN spokeswoman Michele Montas was quoted as saying by Associated Press.

The three-member commission will be led by Chile's UN Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, a dissident during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet who heads the UN Peacebuilding Commission. The other member is Peter Fitzgerald, a retired senior officer with Ireland's national police force, Garda Siochana.

Marzuki said his appointment to the inquiry team should be a positive mark for Indonesia.