In July 2004 at Jakarta's Sahid Jaya Hotel, Pollycarpus gave Garuda's then-chief executive officer Indra Setiawan a letter from BIN deputy chairman M. As'ad.
[6] In the days surrounding the murder of Munir, 41 calls were made between Pollycarpus and the mobile phone of BIN deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono.
In October 2006, his conviction was annulled by a three-member panel of judges at the Supreme Court, citing insufficient evidence, however he was given a two-year jail term for document forgery.
[9][10] The judges who overturned his murder conviction were Iskandar Kamil and Atja Sondjaya, while Artidjo Alkostar issued a dissenting opinion.
The panel of Supreme Court justices who cut his sentence comprised Sofyan Sitompul, Dudu D. Machmudin, Sri Murwahyuni, Salman Luthan, M Zaharuddin Utama and Amin Safrudin.
[14] Taking into account his time already served, Pollycarpus was due for release in 2022, but the government gave him total sentence cuts of 50 months, making him eligible for parole in 2014.