Durian. Indonesian government on Oct.2 has formed a fact finding team to investigate September attacks and murder that have claimed life of two soldiers, a motorbike-taxi driver and a Christian pastor in Papua.
Chief Security Minister Mahfud M.D. said the team comprises of government officials, police, military and representative from civil society including prominent Papuan figures.
The fact finding team was set following contrary information on which party should responsible for those events.
“Today we form a joint fact finding team (TGPF) for Intan Jaya cases,” Mahfud said in Jakarta on Oct.2, referring to the regency in Papua where those events were taken place from Sept.16-20.
There are 18 people in the team, led by Benny Mamomoto, a retired Police general who is now head of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas). Officials from the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), the Military (TNI) and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs were part of the team as well.
The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and human rights groups are not part of the team to avoid allegation of unfair investigation, Mahfud said.
The government will grant access to Komnas HAM and related parties to investigate those events separately, he said.
Police have been conducting criminal investigation on crime scenes, however investigators still cannot access the body of the Christian pastor as well as the crime scene of his murder due to rejection from the victim family, the minister said.
