Indonesian Military Court Reduces Acid Attack Sentences

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Click to expand Image Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator at KontraS, attending a protest in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra on February 5, 2026. Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono of the Indonesian military's Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS) by six months, bringing both sentences to less than three years. The appeals court upheld the shorter sentences of the other two defendants, Capt.

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• He received 24 percent burns to his face, chest, and hands, and may have lost sight in his right eye.
• On June 10, a military court found all four soldiers guilty of planning and carrying out the attack.
• A military court investigated and tried the four soldiers because, under Indonesian law, civilian police cannot investigate military personnel.
• These legal restrictions have long prevented civilian prosecutions of members of the armed forces for serious human rights violations.

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© 2026 Project Multatuli/Adrian Mulya A military court in Jakarta reduced the prison sentences and overturned the dishonorable discharge of two of the four military personnel convicted for the March 2026 acid attack against human rights activist Andrie Yunus. The appellate decision, dated August 20, reduced the sentences of 2nd Sgt. On March 12, Yunus, 27, the deputy coordinator of KontraS, the nongovernmental Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, had just finished recording a podcast interview at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation when he was attacked with acid.