Awaiting Police Action in Andrie Yunus Case
Jakarta — Traces of the perpetrator who threw acid at Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of KontraS, are beginning to surface. However, to date, firm action from law enforcement officials remains awaited.
Police are mapping the perpetrators’ movements using closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage. From the analysis results, the number of perpetrators is suspected to be not just two persons, but four individuals involved from the planning through to the execution.
The Director of General Criminal Investigation at Metro Jaya Regional Police, Brigadier General Iman Imanudin, stated that from the available recordings, only one person poured the liquid suspected to be acid.
To uncover this case, police analysed at least 2,610 CCTV recordings with a total duration reaching 10,320 minutes.
The recordings came from 86 cameras spread across several locations, ranging from electronic traffic enforcement cameras (ETLE) belonging to the DKI Jakarta Communications and Information Office, the Transportation Office, to cameras owned by residents and office buildings.
“Therefore, we require considerable time over these coming days to conduct digital analysis of the CCTV video recordings that exist along the entire route traversed by the perpetrators,” said Iman.
From the analysis results, the perpetrators are suspected to have followed the victim since he was at the office of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) on Thursday afternoon (12 March 2026).
Four perpetrators were seen gathering around Gambir Station, then moving towards the Cikini area and waiting for the victim.
“Based on analysis of CCTV recordings from several locations in the Jakarta area, the suspected perpetrators were observed following the victim’s movements prior to the incident,” said Iman.
When the victim stopped to refuel at a petrol station in Cikini, the perpetrators were seen waiting in the vicinity. They then continued following until Jalan Salemba I, where the acid pouring took place.
“Subsequently, after the incident, they departed on two motorcycles, each at speeds or with behaviour more pronounced than previously observed,” said Iman.
The perpetrators then scattered in several directions. One vehicle headed towards the Senen area through South Jakarta, whilst another moved towards East Jakarta.
From telecommunications network tracing, the perpetrators are suspected to have moved to several areas such as Kalibata, Pancoran, Ragunan, Pasar Minggu, and as far as Bogor in West Java.