Pastor

Yeremia Zanambani was shot dead last month, one of a series of killings in Papua's Intan Jaya regency.

The pastor was killed while tending to his pigs, two days after a pair of Indonesian soldiers were killed by what the team called an armed criminal group, the government's oft-used term for the West Papua Liberation Army.

The Liberation Army's guerilla fighters are engaged in ongoing conflict with Indonesia's military in Papua's rugged interior.

The team said it found indications that Indonesia's security forces were involved in the shooting of Pastor Zanambani.

The pastor who was also a plumber, did some work at the victim's house and was offered water to drink and a towel to wipe his hands when the incident happened.

Justice Daniel Fatiaki said the pastor could have been jailed for the maximum 10 years but because he was the sole bread winner for his family, including five children, he had co-operated police and also made an early guilty plea, the sentence was reduced.

The Daily Post reports the judge also made mention of a custom ceremony with the victim and her family.