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View all search resultsTNI names suspects in acid attack on Kontras activist
Exactly seven days since two unknown motorcyclists attacked Andrie Yusri with acid, leaving the rights activist with severe burns on his face and chest, law enforcement authorities have detained four suspects and identified another two in parallel investigations by the military police and the Jakarta Police.
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Support and empathy: A man holds a poster during a demonstration in Yogyakarta on March 14, 2026, expressing solidarity with Andrie Yunus, a rights advocate with the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) who was targeted in an acid attack perpetrated by unknown individuals on March 12 in Central Jakarta. (AFP/Devi Rahman)
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he Indonesian Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) has announced the arrest of four suspected perpetrators of last week's acid attack on human rights advocate Andrie Yunus of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).
All four are reportedly members of the TNI’s Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).
Puspom commander Maj. Gen. Yusri Nuryanto told a press conference on Wednesday that the suspects, identified only by their initials NDP, SL, BHW and ES, were currently being held "at Puspom TNI for further investigation”.
Yusri added that investigators were still working to uncover the motive behind the attack and are processing formal reports, including gathering witness testimonies and requesting a "visum et repertum", in this case a medical examination report from Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital.
Separately on Wednesday, the Jakarta Police's criminal investigations director Sr. Comr. Iman Imanuddin said authorities believed that more individuals could be involved in the acid attack on March 12, including two other suspects identified as BHC and MAK.
“We are also analyzing other scientific evidence to support the investigation,” Iman said, adding that the police and the military would be coordinating the findings of their investigations.
Kontras' head of impunity monitoring Jane Rosalina said Andrie remained in intensive care at Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital in Senen, Central Jakarta. She added that although he was in a stable condition, Andrie had suffered severe burns on his face, right eye, hands and chest.
