Jakarta – Papua Military chief Maj. Gen. M. Simbolon said on Tuesday that the military would sue a non-governmental organization (NGO) for libel over an inaccurate report it released implicating its officers in the ambush of a bus in Timika in August.

He said Elsam, which defends human rights and democracy, had recently released a report of the alleged involvement of several military officers in the Timika incident, which claimed severallives, including two American school teachers.

"There is no evidence that shows the military officers were involved in the attack in Timika," he was quoted by Antara as saying.

Simbolon claimed Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto had advised him to sue Elsam for the inaccurate report. He said that the lawsuit would be filed this week.

"Their report is baseless. It's libel," he said, adding that the Papua Police had told him that the report was not true.

Endriartono had earlier planned to sue the Washington Post, which reported the military's involvement in the incident.