Despite a recommendation from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to follow up on the 1965 rights violations, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) says it is unlikely any cases will be brought to court.

Deputy Attorney General Darmono said the 1965 human rights violations cases would instead be settled through reconciliation or out-of-court settlements. "Reconciliation is the preferred option as long as there is hard evidence," Darmono said late on Monday as quoted by Antara news agency.

Concluding its four-year inquiry into the 1965 purge following the alleged abortive coup by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Komnas HAM declared that gross human rights violations did take place. Komnas HAM demanded that the AGO begin an official investigation as a follow-up to the commission's inquiry.

Darmono argued that the 1965 rights violations could not be settled in an ad hoc human rights court as stipulated in Law No. 26/2000 on human rights courts.

"The [human rights] cases from Timor Leste and Tanjung Priok are exceptions," he added. "The 1965 rights violations are beyond [the scope of] the existing law," he said.