Candra Malik & Antara – The country's leading rights body said on Wednesday that it had sent investigators to Central Java to probe a bloody weekend clash between soldiers and farmers.

Kabul Supriyadhie, from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), said the incident was triggered by suspicions from both sides of land grabbing in the Urutsewu area of Kebumen district.

"According to preliminary information we have obtained, the status of this land in Urutsewu is unclear," he told reporters in Kebumen. "Both sides, farmers and the military, have been unable to come up with valid land ownership documents."

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered the Army on Sunday to look into the clash that left 14 farmers from Setrojenar village injured after being shot at with rubber bullets.

The conflict erupted after the farmers, who have long protested the Army's use of the area for weapons and ballistics training, blocked troops from using the location last week and vandalized a nearby research facility.

Kabul said Komnas HAM would make public its findings at a House plenary session in May.

"We have met with the villagers, the victims of the shooting, the district chief and the police. We have yet to find violations of human rights," he said.

"A lot of land that the military claims does not have a clear status. According to our records, only 16 percent of hundreds of hectares of land claimed to be owned of the military has certificates. The remainder is unclear. We have received many public complaints in regard to land disputes involving military."

Kabul said a similar land dispute was ongoing between the Army and villagers of Nirwa in Palembang – Komnas HAM found some 200 land titles there were under both the names of residents and the Army.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Toisutta said an internal investigation had found that the soldiers who fired on the farmers in Kebumen had not violated any procedures. He said the soldiers only resorted to using rubber bullets after negotiations and warnings failed to quell the riot.

However, Toisutta stressed the clash had not been instigated by local residents. "This is not the work of locals but rioters, because they burned down our weapons warehouse," he said. "Even if we shot at them, this was in accordance with standard procedures. We had provided them with several warnings."