The Democracy Advocacy Team (TAUD) has condemned the appeal ruling of\nthe Jakarta High Military Court in the case of the acid attack on Andrie\nYunus, External Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared\nand Victims of Violence (KontraS).<\/p>\n
They consider that the sentences handed down to the defendants have\nnot delivered justice for Andrie as the victim.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe declare that today an acid attack has been repaid with impunity,\nthe defendants received light sentences, and the more than 16 other\nparties involved remain free,\u201d said Fadhil Alfathan, a TAUD\nrepresentative, at a press conference in front of the Supreme Court on\nMonday (7\/9).<\/p>\n
\u201cFor that reason, we, the Democracy Advocacy Team, condemn the appeal\nruling of the Jakarta High Military Court, or DILMILTI II Jakarta, which\nthen reduced the sentences of the four TNI soldiers who carried out the\nacid attack against Andrie Yunus,\u201d Fadhil said.<\/p>\n
According to the appeal verdict in case number\n56-K\/PMT-II\/BDG\/AL\/VI\/2026, the first defendant, Sergeant Edi Sudarko,\nwas sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison. Meanwhile, the second\ndefendant, First Lieutenant Budhi Hariyanto Widhi, was sentenced to 2\nyears in prison.<\/p>\n
Under the ruling, the additional penalty of dismissal from the\nservice imposed on Edi and Budhi was also revoked.<\/p>\n
The third defendant, Captain Nandala Dwi Prasetyo, was sentenced to 2\nyears in prison, and the fourth defendant, First Lieutenant Sami Lakka,\nwas sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this ruling, which we accessed in DILMILTI II Jakarta decision\nnumber 56, in fact granted leniency to the perpetrators that does not\ndeliver justice for the victim, strengthens the practice of impunity,\nand gives the impression that military personnel receive exclusive\ntreatment before the law,\u201d Fadhil explained.<\/p>\n
In its appeal ruling, the panel of judges considered a number of\nfactors in revoking the additional penalty of dismissal against Edi and\nBudhi, including the results of psychological examinations, the fact\nthat neither was a repeat offender, their acknowledgement of the act,\ntheir family circumstances, and Andrie\u2019s absence from the first-instance\ntrial.<\/p>\n
TAUD considers that the ruling also fails to address the alleged\ninvolvement of other parties in the attack on Andrie.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also declare that this ruling closes off a much bigger problem,\nabove all relating to TAUD\u2019s findings that more than 16 people are\nsuspected of involvement in the series of attacks against Andrie Yunus\nand have yet to be processed legally,\u201d said Fadhil.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd from the outset, TAUD has handed over evidence and revealed the\nalleged involvement of parties who not only carried out the attack, but\nare also suspected of ordering, planning, funding, and standing behind\nit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The attack on Andrie took place on 12 March 2026. At the time, Andrie\nwas pursuing a legal challenge to the Military Court Law and the TNI Law\nbefore the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n
TAUD believes the attack forms part of a pattern of assaults against\nhuman rights defenders and activists in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we believe that this attack on Andrie Yunus was not a\npersonally motivated act, but rather part of a pattern of attacks\nagainst human rights defenders and activists in Indonesia,\u201d said Jane\nRosalina.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we also wish to make clear that this case cannot stop at these\nfour perpetrators. We demand that this case be thoroughly investigated\nup to the intellectual actors, up to those who funded it, and up to\nthose who ordered it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In its statement of position, TAUD also made three demands:<\/p>\n
Discharge and prosecute the perpetrators, including the\nintellectual actors behind them.<\/p><\/li>\n
Carry out a thorough evaluation of the Military Court\nsystem.<\/p><\/li>\n
Ensure the state is present to provide protection and recovery\nfor Andrie Yunus and his family.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/taud-today-an-acid-attack-is-repaid-with-impunity-1788825111", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }