TIRED of being dubbed a powerless institution, Komnas HAM has recently decided to investigate several controversial human rights abuse cases, previously shrouded in Indonesian history.

Under the leadership of former Jakarta Legal Aid director, Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara, Komnas HAM has commenced investigations into the murky 1965 PKI massacres carried out at the onset of the New Order regime; the Buru untried detention cases; the Talangsa