Sanitiar Burhanuddin | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Attorney General of Indonesia | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Prasetyo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1954 Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Attorney General |
Sanitiar Burhanuddin (17 July 1954) is the present Attorney General of Indonesia, serving since October 2019 in the cabinet of President Joko Widodo. He was previously deputy attorney general for civil and state administrative cases.
Upon his appointment, he denied having links to any political parties, despite his older brother, Tubagus Hasanuddin, being an executive of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and a former military secretary to former president and incumbent PDI-P leader Megawati Sukarnoputri.[1]
In response to calls for the government to settle unresolved cases of human rights abuses, including the Semanggi shootings, Burhanuddin in January 2020 said the National Commission on Human Rights had not submitted complete evidence to the Attorney General's Office.[2] He also said the incidents could not be classified as gross violations of human rights.[3] Amnesty International Indonesia’s Executive Director Usman Hamid said Burhanuddin's "claims that these shootings did not violate human rights are simply not credible."[4]
- ^ Suparman, Fana (23 October 2019). "New Attorney General Dismisses Concerns Over Political Affiliation". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Utami Putri, Budiarti (16 January 2020). "Jaksa Agung: Komnas Tak Bisa Hadirkan Bukti Kasus HAM Masa Lalu Reporter:". Tempo.co. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Putri, Budiarti Utami (16 January 2020). "Jaksa Agung Sebut Tragedi Semanggi Bukan Pelanggaran HAM Berat Reporter:". Tempo.co. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Attorney General's denials on historic abuses are not credible". Amnesty International. Amnesty International. Retrieved 20 January 2020.