Indonesia puts four soldiers on trial over acid attack on activist
Key takeaways
- Military prosecutors have charged four people in the attack that burned one-fifth of activist Andrie Yunus’s body.
- The defendants, who were represented by military-appointed lawyers, appeared in court in fatigues.
- The attack unfolded on March 12, when activist Andrie Yunus – a deputy coordinator with the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) – was riding a motorbike in Jakarta.
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Military prosecutors have charged four people in the attack that burned one-fifth of activist Andrie Yunus’s body.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfoplay videoplay video Video Duration 01 minutes 52 seconds play-arrow01:52Four Indonesian soldiers to stand trial for acid attack on activist. A trial has opened in a military court in Jakarta for four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who campaigned against the expansion of the role of the armed forces in government.
Military prosecutors charged the group, including Edi Sudarko, Budi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, Nandala Dwi Prasetia and Sami Lakka, on Wednesday with serious meditated assault, which carries a maximum sentence of 12 years under Indonesia’s criminal code.