Indonesian military prosecutors charged four officers on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in an acid attack ⁠on an activist known for campaigning against the expanding public role of the armed forces, seeking a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.

Andrie Yunus, a deputy coordinator with the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, a rights group also known as KontraS, suffered burns to 20 per cent of his face ⁠and body from acid thrown by assailants on ​a ⁠motorcycle on 12 March.

The attack, which left Mr Yunus permanently scarred and his right eye heavily damaged, drew local and international condemnation.

The four officers were charged under Indonesia's ⁠criminal code with serious premeditated assault, carrying a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison, ​court documents ⁠showed.

(AP)

Mohammad Iswadi, a military prosecutor, said ‌during the hearing at a military court that the four officers from the military's intelligence unit allegedly attacked Mr Yunus because they felt…