Andrie Yunus acid-attack case handed to the TNI: why file a new report to the police?

Jakarta – Police have handed over the case of the acid attack against KontraS deputy coordinator Andrie Yunus to the Indonesian Military Police Center (Puspom TNI). Not wanting the matter to be handled by a military court, Andrie filed a new report through his legal team with Bareskrim Polri on 8 April 2026. KontraS coordinator Dimas Bagus Arya at the time said the report was aimed at uncovering the alleged premeditated murder attempt against Andrie. ‘With regard to the alleged premeditated murder attempt, and in response to what Mr Prabowo said about the attack on Andrie being part of terrorism, we are applying the provisions of terrorism offences,’ Dimas said at Bareskrim Polri on Wednesday 8 April 2026.

In development, Bareskrim Polri handed the case over to Polda Metro Jaya for investigation efficiency, since the previous report was also handled by Metro Jaya and had progressed to the investigation stage.

As the investigation into this new report progressed, Andrie sued the investigation of the previous report, which is alleged to have been covertly halted. His counsel, Fandi Denisatria, explained that a pretrial was filed because the lawyers never received notification from the police about the termination of the investigation. ‘As a legal team we have not received information about the progression of the investigation, so we filed the pretrial,’ Fandi said after the first hearing at South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday 20 May 2026.

The latest information received by the counsel, in the form of a Notice of Investigation Progress (SP2HP), is that the evidence has been handed over to Puspom TNI for the purposes of investigating four involved TNI members. ‘Because even if the evidence has been handed over, what grounds would the Metro Jaya Police have to continue the enforcement process when the evidence has already been handed over? This is like we’re playing with imagination,’ Afif said. They hope the suit will be allowed by the judge, and that police can continue the investigation. The lawyers will follow the subsequent processes to be taken by the police, including possible consolidation of cases. ‘It’s fine if they are consolidated; that will be up to the police. What matters is that if the judge rules, it must be carried out,’ Afif added.