Theys Hiyo Eluay, the prominent Papuan independence leader, died in what was supposed to look like an accident, a court has heard. Evidence has been submitted that he died of asphyxiation after being brutally beaten by soldiers from Kopassus, the Army Special Forces Command, unit.

His stout body was found in a reclining position on the center seat of his Toyota Kijang, which bore the numberplate B-8029-TO. Actually, according to the Janu