Komnas HAM Identifies Dozens of Other Perpetrators in Andrie Yunus Case

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has identified more than a dozen other perpetrators beyond the four individuals already designated as suspects in the acid attack on Andrie Yunus, Deputy External Coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS).

“As of today, we have indications of more than four people. Dozens,” said Komnas HAM Monitoring and Investigation Commissioner Saurlin P. Siagian at the office in Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon (8/4).

Saurlin revealed that his side received much information after taking statements from KontraS, Greenpeace, and the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD), which has been Andrie’s legal representatives, from morning until afternoon today.

He explained that the statement requests focused on finding other perpetrators so that a trial process could be conducted in a general court.

“We are trying to dig into that to see the possibility of a judicial process outside the military court. We are looking into that and collecting the facts according to our authority. We obtained quite a lot of information today,” Saurlin said.

Letter to TNI

In addition, Komnas HAM has also written to the Indonesian National Armed Forces Military Police Centre (Puspom TNI) to examine the four suspects from the Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS) this coming Friday.

“When we requested information from the TNI side last week on Wednesday, one of the things we requested was that the investigation process at Puspom run transparently; we requested three things, but one of them was that Komnas HAM be given access to meet the four perpetrators. That’s what we are still coordinating on to this day,” said Coordinator of the Komnas HAM Subcommission on Human Rights Enforcement Pramono Ubaid Tanthowi.

“We are requesting it for this Friday, but we are waiting to see the approval from Puspom,” he added.

Andrie Yunus was doused with acid about three weeks ago after giving a podcast at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) office titled “Remilitarisation & Judicial Review of the TNI Law”.

The police initially announced the initials of two suspects, but at the same time, the TNI stated that it had detained four people from TNI BAIS as the field perpetrators of the acid attack on Andrie. They are NDP, SL, BHW, and ES.

Meanwhile, TAUD, consisting of several civil society organisations, stated that the field perpetrators of the acid attack on Andrie involved at least 16 people. TAUD described this as an intelligence operation.

Without a clear legal basis or reason, the police handed over the case handling to Puspom TNI. This has drawn criticism from many parties due to concerns that it will lead to impunity for military personnel.

Most recently, as of Tuesday (7/4), Puspom TNI has handed over the case file, evidence, and the four acid attack suspects to the Military Prosecutor II-07 Jakarta.

Explanation

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Relevance Assessment

• The article involves Komnas HAM’s investigation into an acid attack on a human rights activist, implicating military intelligence and raising issues of judicial transparency and impunity. This directly ties to Indonesian public policy, legal processes, and government institutions (e.g., TNI, Puspom), making it highly relevant for jawawa.id.

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Topic Classification

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Title Translation

• Original: “Komnas HAM Identifikasi Belasan Pelaku Lain di Kasus Andrie Yunus”.

• Translated to: “Komnas HAM Identifies Dozens of Other Perpetrators in Andrie Yunus Case”.

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