Inp.polri.go.id - Bogor. President Prabowo Subianto condemned the chemical acid attack against KontraS activist Andrie Yunus on Thursday (19/3/2026), labeling the assault a "barbaric act of terrorism" that demands a comprehensive investigation into its masterminds. 

Speaking from his private residence in Hambalang, the President ordered law enforcement to look beyond the field perpetrators to uncover the intellectual actors financing and orchestrating the violence.

"This is terrorism. This is a barbaric act. We must pursue it. We must investigate it! We must find out who ordered it, who paid for it," he said, as quoted by antaranews.com.

The President said that the state will not tolerate violence against citizens, particularly activists exercising their right to critique the government. He explicitly guaranteed that no "impunity" would be granted if security personnel are found complicit, vowing that legal proceedings will be conducted strictly and impartially. 

Following this presidential mandate, a joint task force between the Indonesian National Police (INP) and the Indonesian Military Police (Puspom TNI) has detained four military soldiers, including three officers and one non-commissioned officer from the Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS), for their alleged roles in the attack.

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