TAUD Demands Police Continue Andrie Yunus Acid Attack Case
The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD), also serving as legal counsel for Andrie Yunus, rejects the processing of the acid attack case by military court. According to Fadhil Alfathan, the acid attack on Andrie Yunus constitutes a general criminal offence with no connection to military functions.
“From the start, we have rejected the military court process in this case with various arguments we presented some time ago. This has nothing to do with military duties and functions. Moreover, it was carried out against a civilian, Andrie,” Fadhil told reporters at the Constitutional Court building in Central Jakarta on Wednesday (8/4/2026).
He explained that the acid attack case at the police has not been halted despite being handed over to the TNI. He believes the case should be processed through general courts.
“And the criminal act committed is a general criminal offence, so the jurisdiction and authority in this context belong to the general courts. Indeed, up to now, there is no certainty. Even at the Metro Jaya Police, to this day, they have not issued a letter to stop the investigation despite the handover,” he said.
Fadhil criticised the police’s case transfer process. In his view, the transfer lacks basis and is premature.
“And we criticise that transfer process; in our opinion, it is baseless and still very premature because to this day, our independent and autonomous investigation team has succeeded in identifying at least 16 perpetrators. This means it is far from over, and the transfer is without legal basis and very premature,” he stated.
“Of course, formally, it will be problematic. Formally, in the military court, Andrie’s testimony as the victim is important. But the form, in our view, is still a big question and dispute. For us, this should be tried in general courts,” he continued.
He said his side is filing a lawsuit against the TNI Law at the Constitutional Court regarding the military court mechanism. The lawsuit is an effort to ensure the case is tried in general courts.
“One effort is that we have conveyed to the Constitutional Court to immediately decide our petition, one of the objects of which is Article 74 of the TNI Law, which has been used as a pretext to try soldiers who commit general criminal offences in military courts. That’s the first,” he explained.
Furthermore, Fadhil stated they will file a report with Bareskrim Polri regarding the acid attack case. He wants the police to continue the case.
“Then we also urge the police to immediately process this further, including pushing for a police report filed by Andrie in the form of a model B police report, which will also be submitted to Bareskrim Polri today,” he said.
He also urged authorities and other stakeholders to take steps according to their main duties and functions. He also mentioned that the DPR has not been optimal in carrying out its oversight function, especially in this case.
“On 31 March, we had an RDPU with Commission III, but to this day, we have not found any results from that RDPU. Including Commission I regarding intelligence work, or Commission XIII regarding human rights, we have not received further information on what they have done. But we continue to push for that,” he added.