Don't expect too much: KPN

JAKARTA: Head of the National Investigation Commission (KPN) Koesparmono Irsan said they could not do much to unravel the mystery behind the killing of Papua pro-independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay since they do not have official judicial or law enforcement authority.

According to the presidential decree that constituted the commission, it can only look into the alleged crime and make a recommendation to the government.

"The commission's rights for investigation rest with its members from the police, the Attorney General's Office and the military police," said Koesparmono, adding that the commission was still studying the findings by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and the police.

KPN was formed to investigate the killing of Theys who was found dead one day after he was reportedly kidnapped on his way home from a function at the local unit of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) in the provincial capital of Jayapura, Irian Jaya.

Probes by local police authorities and the Army's investigation pointed toward the involvement of certain military elements as responsible.