JAKARTA, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesian noted right activist Munir died in a plane transporting him to the Netherlands for study, Detikcom online news service reported Tuesday.

    Munir, 38, who was aboard Garuda Indonesia plane, complained about his health during a transit in Singapore but decided to continue the trip.

    He died three hours before the plane landed at the Schipol airport in Amsterdam, the report said.

    Munir was the chairman of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), which was founded to help relatives of missing people allegedly kidnapped by security officers during end years of Soeharto's 32-year tenure.

    He was a key member in the Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violation in East Timor set up in 1999 by the Indonesia's National Human Rights Commissions.

    The commission's report led to the legal investigations into atleast six Indonesian military officers, including former military chief General Wiranto, in connection to violence in East Timor during the UN-sponsored ballot for independence. Enditem