Residents wait for rights team

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