Andrie arrived at the Emergency Installation of the Central National\nGeneral Hospital Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) in Jakarta with burns\nspreading across his face, neck, chest, and arms. The chemical liquid\nexposure damaged about 20 percent of his body surface. However, the most\nworrying aspect was his right eye, where the cornea suffered severe\ndamage, drastically reducing vision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe right eye was indeed found to be exposed to sulphuric acid, a\nhighly corrosive substance. There is a potential for blindness, but\nthere is also a chance of recovery,\u201d said Fadhil Alfathan, part of the\nadvocacy team accompanying Andrie, to detikX.<\/p>\n
For the time being, the medical team at RSCM chose to completely\ncover that eye. The area was bandaged, rested, and left for the next\nfour months before being reassessed to determine if it can still be\nsaved or not.<\/p>\n
Treatment so far has proceeded in layers. Dead skin tissue was\nremoved, and some was replaced with grafts to cover the open wounds. At\nthe same time, the condition of the right eye showed signs of\nworsening.<\/p>\n
Blood flow was disrupted, tissue thinned, and inflammation continued.\nOne operation after another was performed, from patching tissue to\ntemporarily closing the eyelid to keep the eyeball intact amid the risk\nof permanent damage.<\/p>\n
Towards the end of March, some wounds on the body began to dry and be\ncovered with new skin. Recovery was progressing, though not fully. The\nright eye remained the most fragile point because the cornea thinned,\neven experiencing leakage at one point.<\/p>\n
Behind the wounds that have not fully healed, there is a long history\nof Andrie that has made his name known, not as a victim, but as someone\nwho has stood by victims.<\/p>\n
In courtrooms, street actions, and long conversations about law,\nAndrie Yunus has been part of those who work, accompany, explain, and\nendure alongside human rights struggle victims.<\/p>\n
Rusin still remembers that first meeting well. July 2021, in the\ncourtroom for the case of wrongful arrest and criminalisation of his\nchild in Tambelang, Bekasi. Andrie was not only a legal companion but\nalso a teacher, introducing what human rights are, what justice means,\nand how to fight for it. Until the high court decision freed his child,\nthe relationship did not stop.<\/p>\n
Portrait of Andrie Yunus (right) as the lawyer for Fatia Maulidiyanti\nand Haris Azhar on charges of defaming Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. At the\nend of the trial, the judge acquitted Fatia and Haris of all\ncharges.<\/p>\n
Photo: Personal document of Andrie Yunus<\/p>\n
\u201cVery intense,\u201d said Rusin to detikX. \u201cI\u2019ve even come to see him like\nmy own child,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
After the case was resolved, the relationship did not break. Rusin\nsaid Andrie still made time to contact him, invite him to some events,\nand even help with his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven now, Bang Andrie is still funding my studies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The laptop he uses, shoes, books, everything came from Andrie. He\nadded, emphasising that he did not want to sound excessive, for him\nAndrie is like a wingless angel who came into his life.<\/p>\n
Now, after the acid splashing incident or \u2018attempted murder\u2019, a\ndistance has suddenly been created. Rusin can only visit the hospital\nonce a week, meeting Andrie\u2019s family outside the treatment room.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a month since I could communicate directly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Rusin feels the loss, but he hopes Andrie recovers and justice\ncontinues for him.<\/p>\n
\u201c(I) met his parents, mum, dad, and siblings. So much loss, even my\nwife cried because we haven\u2019t been able to meet Bang Andrie yet.\nUsually, he likes to visit our home. Even up to now, what lingers in me\nand my family is Bang Andrie\u2019s figure as one of my human rights mentors\nand personal legal mentor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Similar stories come from people who have known him longer, long\nbefore his name emerged in advocacy work. That history was actually\nevident since his university days. Andrie Yunus once served as Chairman\nof the Student Executive Board at Sekolah Tinggi Hukum Jentera, a small\nspace with a limited number of students that became the place where he\nhoned his way of advocating for human rights.<\/p>\n
He entered Jentera as a scholarship recipient and from the start\nshowed interest in justice access issues. That interest he then carried\nto his thesis, which discussed the role of paralegals in helping\nsociety, especially vulnerable groups dealing with the law.<\/p>\n
One of the slides from the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD)\npresentation regarding the alleged attempted murder case of Andrie\nYunus, presented in the Working Meeting with Commission III of the House\nof Representatives (DPR RI), Tuesday (31\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n
Photo: Andhika Prasetia\/DetikFoto<\/p>\n
Lecturer at Sekolah Tinggi Hukum Jentera Indonesia, Bivitri Susanti,\nhas known Andrie since 2016 when he first entered Sekolah Tinggi Hukum\nJentera as a student.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst impression was just ordinary,\u201d she said to detikX. In the\ninitial class she taught on academic skills development, Andrie was just\none of several new students learning critical thinking, dissecting\nsocial issues, and understanding law in a societal context.<\/p>\n
The change was felt when Andrie started getting active in campus\norganisations. As part of the Student Executive Board, he moved in a\nvery limited space, with few students and not much mass mobilisation\npower.<\/p>\n
But it was there, according to Bivitri, that Andrie found his own\nway. \u201cThey weren\u2019t too worried about the small numbers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She remembers one action when Andrie, along with some other students,\njoined in cementing their feet in front of the Palace, participating in\nthe Kendeng farmers\u2019 protest. \u201cNot many people, but he bravely\njoined.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another moment, when the Reformasi Dikorupsi demonstration wave\nbroke in 2019, Andrie and his friends did not come as a large mass. They\nchose another role, becoming part of street paramedics.<\/p>\n
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