The military prosecutor presented a civilian witness named Muhammad\nHidayat in the case of the acid attack on KontraS activist Andrie Yunus.\nHidayat admitted that he briefly chased the defendant who attacked\nAndrie but was unable to catch him.<\/p>\n
This was stated by Hidayat while testifying at the Jakarta Military\nCourt on Wednesday (6\/5\/2026). The four defendants in this case are\nDefendant I Sergeant Two Edi Sudarko, Defendant II First Lieutenant\nBudhi Hariyanto Widhi, Defendant III Captain Nandala Dwi Prasetyo, and\nDefendant IV First Lieutenant Sami Lakka.<\/p>\n
Hidayat was at the security post with other residents named Pajri and\nBuyung when the acid attack on Andrie occurred. Hidayat said he\nimmediately approached Andrie, who was screaming, and tried to chase the\ndefendant who fled after carrying out the act.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn 12 March 2026, around 22:00 or 23:00, what did you hear, what did\nyou see, and what did you know from witness 6?\u201d asked the\nprosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, sir, at the beginning, I heard screams for help, then I\nwent with Pajri and the others to the victim. We asked what happened,\nwas he mugged or what,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
Hidayat said he saw Andrie screaming and wailing while removing his\nshirt after the attack. He said Andrie immediately stated that he had\nbeen doused with acid.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the witness recalls, what was the question to the victim?\u201d asked\nthe prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy, bro, why, bro?\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he answer at that time?\u201d asked the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe answered, bro, no, no, not a mugging, acid, acid,\u201d replied\nHidayat, imitating Andrie\u2019s response.<\/p>\n
Hidayat said that when he arrived at the scene, Andrie had already\nremoved his helmet, jacket, and bag. Hidayat also chased the defendant\nafter the attack but could not catch him.<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately how far did you chase the perpetrator?\u201d asked the\nprosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 100 metres, sir, because the motorbike still had a lot of\nliquid on it, sir,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
Hidayat tried to chase the defendant using Andrie\u2019s motorbike. He\nsaid the bike still had a lot of acid liquid on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe motorbike you rode was the victim\u2019s motorbike?\u201d asked the\nprosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victim\u2019s motorbike,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
Hidayat then returned to Andrie because he failed to catch the\ndefendant. He said Andrie\u2019s body was red at that time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was the condition of the victim\u2019s belongings? Were they damaged\nby the liquid?\u201d asked the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe jacket was destroyed, sir, the shirt too,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen on the motorbike, what was damaged? Was it the victim\u2019s\nmotorbike?\u201d asked the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the motorbike, it was just white, sir, when splashed with the\nacid,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
Hidayat said that Andrie\u2019s motorbike also smelled spicy. However,\nduring the incident, Hidayat said he did not yet know that the liquid\nwas acid.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarlier the witness said the seat was destroyed, right?\u201d asked the\nprosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
Hidayat also said he felt heat on his buttocks from riding Andrie\u2019s\nmotorbike while chasing the defendant. He said his trousers were also\ndamaged from the remaining liquid on Andrie\u2019s motorbike.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the witness chased on that motorbike, so you sat on the seat,\nright? Did your trousers get damaged too?\u201d asked the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cDestroyed, sir, destroyed too, sir,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
\u201cHot?\u201d asked the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuite, sir,\u201d replied Hidayat.<\/p>\n
Prosecution<\/p>\n
Previously, the prosecutor charged four TNI soldiers with dousing\nKontraS activist Andrie Yunus with acid. The military prosecutor said\nthe defendants carried out the act because they were annoyed with\nAndrie.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said the defendants learned of Andrie on 16 March 2025\nwhen Andrie entered and interrupted a parliamentary meeting discussing\nrevisions to the TNI Law held by the DPR at the Fairmont Hotel in South\nJakarta. The defendants considered Andrie\u2019s actions to have insulted the\nTNI institution.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom that incident, the defendants considered Andrie Yunus to have\ninsulted the TNI institution, even trampling on the TNI institution,\u201d\nsaid the prosecutor when reading the indictment.<\/p>\n
In short, the defendants sought information about Andrie Yunus\u2019s\nactivities. They divided tasks when carrying out the acid attack.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor charged the four soldiers with violating Article 469\nparagraph 1 subsidiary to Article 468 paragraph 1 further subsidiary to\nArticle 467 paragraph 1 in conjunction with paragraph 2 in conjunction\nwith Article 20 letter C of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal\nCode.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/witnesss-account-of-assisting-andrie-yunus-after-acid-attack-his-shirt-was-destroyed-1778181203", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }