The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD), which is defending KontraS\nactivist Andrie Yunus, has assessed that there are many irregularities\nin the indictment against the four TNI soldiers who are the defendants\nin the acid attack case. TAUD believes the indictment was prepared\nhastily.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be best if this case is cancelled and withdrawn outright\nbecause the proof is very rushed and there are many irregularities, with\nnumerous pieces of evidence not yet included,\u201d said one TAUD member,\nErlangga Julio, during a press conference at the YLBHI office in Central\nJakarta on Monday (4\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n
He stated that the first irregularity lies in the content of the\nindictment, which claims the defendants knew Andrie upon seeing a video\nof the moment Andrie protested the TNI Bill meeting at the Fairmont\nHotel. He said this is odd because there is no detailed explanation of\nwhich video was seen or through what device it was viewed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe indictment also describes how the defendants suddenly gathered\nand there was a conversation, with someone seeing the video of Andrie\nprotesting at the Fairmont Hotel. But it does not explain what video was\nseen, and that video is not presented as evidence. Nor is it specified\nthrough what medium they viewed the video,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n
TAUD also assessed irregularities regarding the composition of the\nacid as described in the indictment. One of them, he said, is the lack\nof expert statements outlined in the indictment regarding the content of\nthe acid thrown at Andrie.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey state that this chemical liquid caused Andrie to suffer serious\ninjuries. But there is no expert testimony in it to corroborate or\nexplain that this chemical liquid can indeed cause serious injuries like\nthose suffered by Andrie,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
TAUD also assessed that the sequence of the acid throwing at Andrie\nin the indictment against the four soldiers is incomplete. He\nhighlighted the condition of the injury on one of the defendants due to\nacid splashes, which was assessed directly by the judge in the trial\nwithout involving an expert.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd in the trial, the panel directly asked what the injury was like.\nThe panel asked defendant ES to remove his hat and show his injury. Then\nthe panel seemed to gesture, asking if ES could see how many fingers\nthis is? And it\u2019s unclear whether ES could see or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also urge that this indictment be withdrawn outright. Because why\ncontinue this case like this? Withdraw the indictment, clarify the case,\nthen bring it to civil court, combine it with various expert opinions\nand a clearer chronological sequence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Another TAUD member, Albert Wirya, raised the issue of the judge\nrequesting Andrie Yunus\u2019s presence in the trial. He considered this like\na threat if Andrie did not comply with the request to appear as a\nwitness.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe consider that as a threat to Andrie Yunus to attend the trial to\ngive his statement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He considered the trial process odd. He mentioned that Andrie\u2019s\nrequest to reject this case being tried in a military court was also not\nconsidered.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd in all the processes, this reinforces the suspicions from civil\nsociety that the judicial process built so far, up to last week\u2019s\nmilitary trial, was from the beginning not victim-oriented,\u201d he\nstated.<\/p>\n
As is known, the prosecutor charged the four acid-throwing soldiers\nwith violating Article 469 paragraph 1 subsidiary to Article 468\nparagraph 1 further subsidiary to Article 467 paragraph 1 in conjunction\nwith paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 20 letter C of Law Number 1\nof 2023 on the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said the motive for the defendants carrying out the\nacid throwing was annoyance at Andrie Yunus\u2019s attitude in interrupting\nthe meeting discussing the revision of the TNI Law held by the DPR at\nthe Fairmont Hotel, Jakarta. The defendants considered Andrie\u2019s actions\nto have insulted the TNI institution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith that incident, the defendants considered that Mr Andrie Yunus\nhad insulted the TNI institution, even trampling on the TNI\ninstitution,\u201d said the prosecutor when reading the indictment at the\nEast Jakarta Military Court.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/andrie-yunus-advocacy-team-deems-many-irregularities-in-indictment-for-acid-attack-case-1777884802", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }