The Federal Government has been accused of letting a war criminal off the hook.

A Timor Leste man, Gui Campos, was permitted to leave Australia this week after living here since the World Youth Day celebrations of 2008.

The Australian Federal Police had been investigating allegations that Campos had tortured pro-independence activists during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor.

Now that Campos has left the country, the investigation is suspended.

The Federal Government has been widely condemned for allowing Campos to leave before the investigation was concluded.

2SER’s Ann Deslandes reports.