TAUD Deems Military Court Inappropriate for Andrie Yunus Case
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has highlighted the judicial process in the case of the acid attack on Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS), which is being handled in a military court.
The rejection was voiced by Fadhil Alfathan, Director of LBH Jakarta, in response to the handover of the case file from the Military Prosecutor’s Office II-07 to the Military Court II-08 in Jakarta on Thursday (16/4/2026).
“We have rejected the military court process from the outset, because in our view, there is no provision that restricts this case from being tried in a general court,” Fadhil said when contacted by Kompas.com on Thursday.
“That is what we regret, and we have been pushing from the start for it to be tried in a general court. If it is in a military court, we would accept it only if the criminal act is a purely military crime,” Fadhil stated.
“But if the criminal act is the same as one that could be committed by civilians, in our view, this harms the principle of equality of standing before the law,” Fadhil explained.
“In our opinion, it doesn’t make sense to call this an individual matter or personal grudge. They don’t even know each other,” Fadhil added.
Previously, Colonel Chk Andri Wijaya, Head of the Military Prosecutor’s Office II-07 Jakarta, revealed the motive behind the acid attack on Andrie Yunus.
“For the motive, up to now, what we have investigated through the examination record is that the motive carried out by the defendants is still a personal grudge against Brother A (the victim),” Andri said at the Military Court II-08 on Thursday (16/4/2026).
Furthermore, Andri also addressed the possibility of additional suspects emerging in the trial process.
He explained that the authority over the case has now been transferred to the Military Court II-08 after the file was handed over by the prosecutor’s office.
“However, if during the proof in the trial there are additions or whatever, further investigation will still be conducted. If there is a civilian suspect, it will be split,” he revealed.
“This is in accordance with the procedural law and SOP from the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia; we must still carry it out,” Andri said.