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Six members of Indonesia's special forces suspected of Eluay murder

In Indonesia a high level investigation team says six members of the army's special forces are suspected of murdering an independence leader in the easternmost province of Papua last year.

Mark Bowling reports, the team's report has been handed to president Megawati Sukarnoputri, but the names of those accused have not been made public.

The names of the six soldiers are expected to be released later this week. The investigating team lead by a former police chief will only say that members of the special forces, known as Kopassus, three low ranking officers and three middle ranking officers are suspected of involvement in the murder of Papua's pro-independence leader, Theys Eluay. Eluay was found dead last November after being kidnapped on his way home from a dinner at a Kopassus compound. Three of the soldiers accused are being held in Jakarta and have already been questioned. Military police say that as well as charges of murder the three commissioned officers would also be accused of insubordination because there had never been an order from their superiors to kill Theys Eluay. .

30/04/2002 02:41:46 | ABC Radio Australia News

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