Andrie Yunus Case: Usman Hamid Stresses Attorney General Determines Judicial Path

JAKARTA - Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, has stressed that the Attorney General possesses the highest authority in determining the judicial jurisdiction in the case of the acid attack on KontraS activist Andrie Yunus.

This statement was made in response to the TNI’s Military Police Centre (Puspom) planning to examine Andrie by writing to the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK).

“It would be better for Puspom to write to the Chief Justice to first obtain clarity on whether the military judicial process is indeed the way to handle Andrie’s case or whether it should be the general court,” he said when met at the Kamisan Action in front of the Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on Thursday (2/4/2026).

“And if there is a dispute between the authority of the general court and the military court, the law actually requires it to be decided jointly by the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Law and Human Rights,” he added.

However, if no agreement is reached at the ministerial level, the authority to determine lies with the Attorney General.

He further added that the Attorney General’s role remains primary if both general and military judicial processes proceed simultaneously.

“If proceedings are underway in the general court and a military court is also held, then it is the Attorney General, the Minister of Defence, and the Minister of Law and Human Rights who decide together. The Attorney General has the most authority,” he emphasised.

“The resignation or handing over of the position of the Head of BAIS indicates that responsibility in this case reaches the highest general level. If involvement goes to the top level, then the military court cannot ‘examine its own back’,” he added.