Jakarta ¨C Andrie Yunus, an outspoken critic of the military¡¯s expanding power in Indonesia, was riding his motorbike last month in Jakarta when two men rode past and threw acid in his face. He suffered burns to 24% of his body and damage to his right eye.
The ambush, which recalled Indonesia¡¯s decades under a military dictatorship, was captured on street surveillance cameras. Within days, the authorities arrested four members of a military intelligence unit ¡ª a captain, two lieutenants and a sergeant. Their trial in a military court began Wednesday.
But human rights activists say that many more people were involved in the attack, and that the rush to try the four men is part of an attempt to shield the mastermind who authorized it.
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