TAUD Writes to Military Court Requesting No Trial for Andrie Yunus Acid Attack Case

Today, we have submitted a letter regarding the rejection of the Military Court 2-08 Jakarta examining and trying the case of the acid attack on Andrie Yunus,” said TAUD representative Alif Fauzi Nurwidiastomo to reporters after delivering the rejection letter to the Jakarta Military Court in East Jakarta on Monday (11/5/2026). TAUD stated that Andrie Yunus has consistently rejected military adjudication of the case from the outset. They described Andrie’s case as a general criminal offence. “In this context, Andrie Yunus has expressed his stance and consistency in rejecting the military justice system, and it should be emphasised that this military justice system pertains to a case that is a general criminal offence. We are doing this; we are sending it based on the rejection of the examination by the court, which not only summarily tries military personnel but concerns the context of the general criminal offence experienced by Andrie Yunus himself,” said another TAUD representative, Jane Rosalina Rumpia. Another TAUD representative, Daniel Winarta, noted that there is a legal basis requiring general criminal offences committed by military personnel to be tried in a general court. He mentioned that this regulation is contained in the 2000 MPR Decree up to the TNI Law. “We assess that resolving the acid attack case against Andrie Yunus in a military court constitutes a legal violation and, furthermore, a human rights violation, particularly the victim’s rights. Why is that? Article 65 of the TNI Law, as well as MPR Decree Numbers 6 and 7 of 2000, state that general criminal offences committed by military personnel must be tried in a general court,” said Daniel. TAUD also opened the possibility of reporting irregularities in Andrie Yunus’s trial to the Supreme Court Supervisory Body (Bawas MA). Another TAUD representative, Airlangga Julio, revealed the possibility of reporting the trial to the Judicial Commission (KY). “Yes, we are considering filing various irregularities in the trial, including to Bawas and the Judicial Commission,” said Julio. Nevertheless, Julio assured that they have not yet reported the trial irregularities to Bawas MA and KY. “Not yet, not at this time (report),” he said. For information, the Andrie Yunus case began to be tried in military court on Wednesday (29/4). In this case, there are four suspects who are TNI members. The military prosecutor has charged the four TNI soldiers with carrying out the acid attack on Andrie Yunus. The military prosecutor stated that the defendants carried out the action because they were annoyed with Andrie. The prosecutor said the defendants learned of Andrie on 16 March 2025 when Andrie entered and interrupted a DPR meeting discussing revisions to the TNI Law held at the Fairmont Hotel in South Jakarta. The defendants considered Andrie’s actions to have insulted the TNI institution. “With that incident, the defendants considered that Andrie Yunus had insulted the TNI institution, even trampling on the TNI institution,” said the prosecutor when reading the indictment. The prosecutor charged the four soldiers with violating Article 469 paragraph 1 subsidiary Article 468 paragraph 1 further subsidiary Article 467 paragraph 1 in conjunction with paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 20 letter C of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.