JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Muhamad Isnur, urged the National Police to thoroughly investigate the case of water spraying against KontraS activist, Andrie Yunus, to the intellectual actors behind the event.
This demand was conveyed by Isnur in a public discussion held by the Indonesia Youth Congress (IYC), Monday, March 30, which discussed the rule of law and accountability of the apparatus.
According to Isnur, the thorough disclosure is in line with Prabowo Subianto's statement earlier which confirmed that the watering case against Andrie Yunus must be uncovered to the main perpetrators. In fact, he said, the President called the incident a form of terrorism.
"The case of watering and criminalization of activists should not be normalized. The state must be present to uncover it because only the state has the authority and resources," said Isnur.
He also highlighted the increasing pattern of terror, doxing, and intimidation against human rights activists and civil society. If not handled seriously, he said, it could undermine public confidence in the government's commitment to protecting democracy and human rights.
In the same forum, Binus University criminal law expert, Ahmad Sofyan, emphasized the importance of reforming the military sector to strengthen the principle of the rule of law.
"The principle of the rule of law is equality before the law. No party should be immune from the law," he said.
He assessed that the case of Andrie Yunus' watering should be processed through the general court, and can be qualified as attempted premeditated murder. Therefore, the authorities are asked not only to uncover the perpetrators on the ground, but also the parties who gave the order.
Meanwhile, the social-political analyst of the State University of Jakarta, Ubedilah Badrun, assessed that the civil-military relationship is still an important issue since the New Order era until now.
According to him, the case involving Andrie Yunus occurred in the context of the increasing role of civil society in criticizing issues of security sector reform and human rights violations.
"Therefore, public solidarity is needed to ensure that this case is revealed to its roots," said Ubedilah.
Similarly, the Head of the KontraS Impunity Monitoring Division, Jane Rosalina R, emphasized that the disclosure of the case must target the command structure.
He said this step was also part of the implementation of the President's commitment to take firm action against cases categorized as acts of terrorism.
This public discussion was attended by students, researchers, and activists as part of the push to strengthen the rule of law, civil-military judicial reform, and the protection of human rights defenders in Indonesia.
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