Police have transferred the investigation of the acid attack on\nAndrie Yunus to the Indonesian National Armed Forces Military Police\nCentre (Puspom TNI). This was announced by the Director of General\nCriminals at the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Commissioner Big Iman\nImanuddin, during a meeting with Commission III of the People\u2019s\nRepresentative Council (DPR) on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n
The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) expressed disappointment over\nthe transfer of the case, which threatened a civilian\u2019s life, to a\nmilitary institution. Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation\n(YLBHI) Muhammad Isnur stated that the police should not have halted\ntheir investigation after identifying only two field perpetrators.<\/p>\n
Initial findings from an independent civil society investigation team\nsuggest at least 16 individuals are suspected of involvement in the acid\nattack on Andrie Yunus on 12 March.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The police) have not at all uncovered who ordered it, the\nintellectual mastermind, who funded it, and the operation,\u201d Isnur said\nat the DPR complex after the meeting with Commission III in Jakarta on\nTuesday, 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n
According to Isnur, the transfer of the Andrie Yunus case to Puspom\nTNI is mistaken and legally flawed, as there is no regulatory basis for\nit. Moreover, there is no memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this case\ntransfer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police, if conducting an investigation, should immediately refer\nit to the prosecutor\u2019s office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Police investigators, he added, report to the Prosecutor\u2019s Office by\nissuing a letter ordering the start of the investigation. He stated that\nthis mechanism is regulated in the new Criminal Procedure Code\n(KUHAP).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Prosecutor\u2019s Office will examine it. Then it will be determined\nwhether there is connectivity or not,\u201d Isnur said.<\/p>\n
Director of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Fadhil Alfathan\nexplained that there is no justification for transferring the Andrie\nYunus case from police to the military. Even if investigators at Puspom\nTNI find criminal acts committed by active soldiers against\ncivilians.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new KUHAP positions the police as the primary investigators,\u201d\nFadhil said on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n
The transfer of the Andrie Yunus investigation, he said, demonstrates\nthe fragility of the criminal justice system. Ideally, he added, in the\ninvestigation of the acid attack on this Deputy Coordinator of KontraS,\nthere should already be a supervising prosecutor.<\/p>\n
However, he said there is now a clear coordination chaos when the\npolice instead transfer the investigation to Puspom TNI. \u201cThe dominus\nlitis is actually with the Prosecutor\u2019s Office. The prosecutor decides,\u201d\nFadhil said.<\/p>\n
He expressed disappointment with the response of Commission III of\nthe DPR, which did not strongly oppose the transfer of the Andrie Yunus\ncase. Because, he said, the investigation from police to military\nimplies damage to the criminal justice system in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Muhammad Isnur suspects there are psychological and political\nobstacles in the police\u2019s uncovering of the Andrie Yunus case.\nTherefore, he urges the government to immediately form an independent\nJoint Fact-Finding Team (TGPF) to help fully uncover the case. \u201cIn\npractical experience, such as in uncovering the Munir case, the TGPF\ncould dismantle it all,\u201d Isnur said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/transfer-of-andrie-yunus-case-to-military-deemed-legally-flawed-1775008276", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }