Kupang – Amnesty International (AI) asked the government to form an independent body to investigate allegations of torture that led to the death of one person and to severe injuries for six others.

The violence was allegedly perpetrated by soldiers at the Satya Yudha Bakti border post in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), AI Indonesia and East Timor Campaign Division coordinator Josef Roy Benedict said in an email sent to The Jakarta Post on Thursday.

Amnesty International received a report that a man named Charles Mali was killed in the incident, Benedict said.

"The independent body should make sure that those involved in the case are not only soldiers due to the chain of command. They should be brought to justice in a civilian court in a process meeting international standards," Benedict said.