Residents wait for rights team

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: At least 2,000 coffee farmers from Colol village are awaiting the arrival of a team from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to conduct further investigations into the killing of six villagers there in May.

The farmers are currently in Ruteng, the capital of Manggarai regency, local church leader Leo Mali said on Monday.

He said the farmers were prepared to provide the team with information on the shootings, which have been blamed on the police and occurred following a violent protest against the confiscation of the farmers' coffee plantations.

"The farmers have come here not to create havoc but to support the Komnas HAM team in conducting an independent investigation," said Leo. --JP