Don't expect too much: KPN

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.