The National Police Commission has criticized law enforcers' recent naming of a woman as a suspect in a traffic accident in Banyumas, Central Java, that killed her 11-year-old daughter and rendered the woman herself disabled.

Nani Setyowati, 44, was driving a motorcycle on Jalan Supriyadi in Banyumas, with her daughter Kumaratih Sekar Hanifah on the seat behind her, when a trailer truck reportedly made contact with the motorcycle and sent its passengers to the pavement, killing the child instantly.

Nani was immediately rushed to hospital as a wheel of the truck crushed her leg, and she has had to return to hospital regularly to receive medical treatments since the incident, which took place in August of last year.

Nani remains bed-ridden, yet unable to move her legs, and was lying on her bed in her house in Banyumas when officers from the local police recently visited her to inform her that she had been named a suspect in the case.

She has been accused of violating the Traffic Law's Article 310, pertaining to negligence that results in fatalities. The article carries a maximum sentence of six years in jail.

National Police Commission (Kompolnas) member Hamidah Abudrachman said Nani's suspect status was "inappropriate."

"I think that's outrageous... we'll probably summon the [Banyumas] Police chief to discuss the case at the Kompolnas [office]," Hamidah told Indonesian news portal gatra.com on Friday.

"I think the strongest possible cause of the death was the truck's nudging of the victims' motorcycle. If the truck hadn't been there, the accident wouldn't have happened," she added.

Banyumas Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Dwiyono defended the police decision, arguing that they had gathered sufficient evidence.

"We've questioned witnesses, checked the crime scene and collected evidence... and concluded that the negligence that led to the accident was because of the victim's mother," Dwiyono said, as reported by detik.com.

He rejected accusations that the Banyumas Police were showing no compassion in their naming of Nani as a suspect. "Police haven't detained nor done any other actions to the victim's mother. We're still using our heart and will wait until the mother recovers," Dwiyono said.

Nani, who was still bed-ridden when detik.com interviewed her earlier this week, told the news portal that she was "sad and can't believe I've been named a suspect when me and my child were victims of the accident."