Indonesian Military Trial for Acid Attack on Lawyer

0:00On April 29, four Indonesian military intelligence members face charges for a brutal acid attack on human rights lawyer, Andrew Eunice, back in March. Three Navy Marines and one Air Force officer allegedly threw chemical liquid on him, leaving him blind in his right eye with severe burns that won't. Fully heel. They're on trial in a Jakarta military court, where conviction could mean up to 12 years behind bars. The cuters called the attack totally unfit for armed forces personnel and the four defendants, Sergeant Edie Sudaco, First Lieutenant Boudi Harianto. Whiti Kahino, Captain Nandala Dui Prostetia, and Air Force First Lieutenant Samilaka, didn't challenge the charges. Two of them even got minor injuries from acid splashes during the incident. Human rights advocates are pushing back hard, slamming the personal mode of story and the choice of military court over civilian. They question how state resources got pulled into what looks like revenge with no clear ties between Eunice and the accused, saying it arose trust in the system.

1:05The judge adjourned the hearing until May 6 to hear witnesses and wants Eunice to show up in person to check his condition. President Prabowo Sudaco, a former general, promised to chase down everyone involved and floated an independent fact-finding team amid growing. Pressure from activists. This hits close to Indonesia's push for military accountability since the 1998 reforms ended to Hartel's rule. Eunice fights impunity and security overreach, echoing cases like the unsolved manoeuvra poisoning, now the trial tests if real change sticks. World News, powered by AI. This is Global News Today. I'm Corey with the story.