The official human rights commission was last night waiting to question the family of a man who died in custody after being accused of taking part in a 300 million rupiah (HK$900,000) highway robbery.
'We're waiting for the results of the interview before we go any further,' a spokesman for the National Commission on Human Rights said.
The alleged beating by security officials of Cece Sarudin and a second man, Norman Lubis, after they survived an armed robbery on one of Jakarta's main highways has caused a storm.
General Feisal Tanjung, the head of the armed forces, which in Indonesia includes the police, yesterday also promised a full investigation.
Reports quoted the family of Sarudin, who was detained on October 11, as saying police handed over his allegedly battered body for burial on Monday.
Sarudin's mother claimed, after identifying the corpse, that Sarudin's face had been beaten beyond recognition, the Kompas daily reported.
However, a prison warden denied that Sarudin was beaten, saying he died of an illness. 'You can come here and see for yourself if you don't believe it,' he said.
