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FILE - Horses come off the track after a workout at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Ky., April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

FILE - Billie Eilish poses for photographers upon arrival a the screening of her film 'Hit me Hard and Soft: The Tour' in London, April 28, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP File)

FILE - Children stand next to a police officer during a visit from Jordanian Princess Sarah Zeid, a World Food Programme advisor, at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

FILE - Galatasaray's Baris Yilmaz celebrates scoring his side's second goal during a Turkish Super Lig soccer match against Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

FILE - President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles attend the arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

FILE - CEO of Xpeng He Xiaopeng arrives at his company's booth during the Auto China in Beijing, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

FILE - Anne Hathaway, left, and Donatella Versace stand before photographers upon their arrival to the premiere of the film 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' in London, April 22, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP File)

FILE - A boy releases an owl that has been restored to health at the bird hospital 'Green Parrot', marking Earth Day, on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

FILE - A relative mourns during a funeral for a family member who was killed in an attack on the Pan-American Highway that authorities blamed on dissident former FARC rebels, in Cajibio, Colombia, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga, File)

FILE - Worshippers watch fireworks on the feast day of Saint George outside Saint George Church in Rio de Janeiro, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

FILE - A protester holds head costume depicting Pete Hegseth outside the the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents Dinner was taking place, in Washington, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

FILE - Michael Brennan sends mud and water flying as he tries to hit his ball out of floating debris on the 18th hole, only to have it land back in the water, during the first round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana, in Avondale, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

FILE - Members of law enforcement control shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen during the White House Correspondents Dinner, in Washington, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - A tipped-over wine glass sits in a bowl on an abandoned table after gunfire erupted at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)

FILE - Abbas Awad, who has glaucoma, poses for a portrait at his home in Qoz Nafisa village, Sudan, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A trial opened Wednesday for four Indonesian service members accused of carrying out an acid attack on a prominent human rights activist, in a case that has reignited concerns about military impunity.

Three Indonesian navy marines and one air force officer, all assigned to military intelligence, are charged with serious premeditated assault in the March attack on Andrie Yunus, a human rights lawyer and senior activist with the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, known as KontraS.

Those on trial in a military court in Jakarta are Sgt. Edi Sudarko; First Lt. Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono; Capt. Nandala Dwi Prasetya; and Air Force First Lt. Sami Lakka. The charges carry a sentence of up to 12 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors allege the four men acted together but described the motive as personal. They said the defendants attacked Yunus with acid “to teach him a lesson and deter him from making disparaging remarks about the TNI.”

“The actions of the defendants who threw chemical liquid on Andrie Yunus, resulting in the loss of sight in his right eye and severe burns with no hope of complete recovery, were inappropriate actions for members of the TNI,” Iswandi told the court.

Human rights groups criticized both the personal‑motive narrative and the decision to try the case in a military court instead of a civilian one.

“This case has been narrowed to just four individuals, without transparency, while the motive is framed as personal,” said Usman Hamid, executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia. He said there was no clear personal or professional relationship between Yunus and the accused, and alleged that official military assets were used in the attack.

“It is difficult to accept that state facilities were used solely for personal revenge,” Hamid said, warning the handling of the case risks undermining public trust.

After prosecutors finished reading the indictment Wednesday, the defendants — two of whom also sustained minor facial and eye injuries from acid splashes during the attack — did not file objections to the charges. The presiding judge said the trial will resume on May 6, when the court will hear witnesses.

Jakarta police initially handled the investigation before announcing that members of the Indonesian military were implicated in the attack. Six days later, military police arrested four suspects from the Strategic Intelligence Agency of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, known as TNI.

Yunus, 27, was riding his motorcycle in central Jakarta on the evening of March 12 when assailants hurled a vial of hydrochloric acid at his face. Prosecutors said he suffered chemical burns to about 20% of his body and damage to roughly 40% of his right cornea.

He has undergone several surgeries and remains in recovery, which prevented him from attending the trial's opening, according to military prosecutor Mohammad Iswandi.

Yunus is recognized for his advocacy against impunity in Indonesia, and his work on security sector reform and civil liberties. He was active in protests last year opposing proposed revisions to Indonesia’s military law that would expand the armed forces’ role in civilian affairs. Colleagues say he has faced repeated intimidation linked to that work.

The case has drawn comparisons to the 2004 murder of Munir Said Thalib, a leading human rights activist and founder of KontraS who was poisoned with arsenic on a flight to Amsterdam. Although several people were convicted, activists argue the mastermind was never fully revealed.

Mounting calls from civil society groups to reveal who ordered and financed the attack on Yunus prompted a response from Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, a former army general.

Prabowo has pledged to pursue those responsible and said he is considering an independent fact‑finding team. Rights groups say the Yunus trial will test the military’s post‑reform commitment to accountability.

Indonesia’s military formally withdrew from politics after the fall of dictator Suharto in 1998, leading to reforms aimed at strengthening civilian oversight.

Indonesian military personnel, from left, Sami Lakka, Nandala Dwi Prasetya, Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, and Edi Sudarko, accused of carrying out an acid attack on human right activist Andrie Yunus attend a trial at a military court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian military personnel, from left, Sami Lakka, Nandala Dwi Prasetya, Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, and Edi Sudarko, accused of carrying out an acid attack on human right activist Andrie Yunus, stand in attention during their trial at a military court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A military police person, far left, escorts Indonesian military personnel, from left, Sami Lakka, Nandala Dwi Prasetya, Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, and Edi Sudarko, accused of an acid attack on human right activist Andrie Yunus, during trial at a military court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)