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Lobbyist tied to pardon from Trump charged with attempted extortion

By Kara Scannell, Holmes Lybrand | 17 min ago | PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2026, 7:42 PM ET

Federal prosecutors charged a lobbyist with trying to extort a former client and his son to recover half a million dollars in debt, according to court filings.

Joshua Nass, a lobbyist who worked to obtain a client’s pardon from President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday outside his hotel in New York on charges of attempted extortion.

Nass, of South Carolina, appeared before a judge in federal court in Brooklyn on Saturday and was released on a $5 million bond. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Neither Nass nor his attorney could immediately be reached for comment.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is seen in Brooklyn in 2015.

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The FBI affidavit and court filings do not identify the name of the former client Nass allegedly tried to extort.

According to an FBI affidavit, in January, Nass contacted an individual, who is cooperating with federal authorities, to threaten and physically harm a former client and the client’s son to recover $500,000 in owed fees.

Nass’ former client agreed to pay $600,000 for lobbying services, according to court filings. The former client’s son transferred $100,000 but said he was unable to come up with the rest of the money.

According to reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, the only payment Nass received as a lobbyist in 2025 for $100,000 was from Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive who was convicted of tax crimes and later pardoned by Trump. Nass had been paid $100,000 to pursue clemency for Schwartz, who began serving his sentence in August before being pardoned by Trump in November. Court filings, however, do not name Nass’ alleged victims.

In late January, Nass and the informant, who communicated in English and Russian, discussed approaching the former client’s son, according to text messages included in court filings.

Initially they discussed having the informant approach the former client’s son at his home to intimidate him into paying the debt.

“Let’s say – give me the address, let me see and, er er listen, if I need to sock him a few times,” the informant said.

Nass replied, according to the court filing, “I will give you the right to do anything and everything.”

After the informant falsely told Nass that he went to the son’s home to collect the debt but was rebuffed, Nass allegedly escalated the threat.

Nass agreed to pay the informant $15,000 if he would physically assault the former client’s son, potentially by forcing him into a car from his home, according to the affidavit. Nass offered to pay an additional $5,000 for any additional men the informant needed, according to the affidavit.

If the former client’s son refused to pay, Nass allegedly told the informant that he did not want him to behave “like a human being with” the son.

Nass, who runs a political consulting firm called Merkava Strategies, bills himself as a problem solver to help people navigate “complex political, regulatory, and reputational environments.”

以军称杀死伊朗军方两名情报高官 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月15日 07:38

以色列军方说，在对德黑兰的一次空袭中击毙两名伊朗情报高官。

法新社报道，以军星期六（3月14日）说，在前一天空袭中击毙的两名男子确认为贾拉里-纳萨布（Abdollah Jalali-Nasab）和沙里亚特（Amir Shariat），他们是伊朗武装部队哈塔姆安比亚中央总部情报局的高级官员。

以军称，伊朗武装部队哈塔姆安比亚中央总部情报局局长阿萨迪（Saleh Asadi）在2月28日战争首日死亡，这两人正是接替他职务的。

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema admits romance with her security guard as she fights his ex-wife’s lawsuit

March 14, 2026 / 2:18 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that began while she was a lawmaker, according to legal documents. But she also contends she shouldn’t be subject to a lawsuit by the man’s ex-wife, who blames Sinema for the marriage ending.

The North Carolina federal court litigation seeks financial damages from Sinema, who represented Arizona in the U.S. House and later the Senate for one term that ended early last year.

Heather Ammel contends in a lawsuit that she and husband Matthew had “a good and loving marriage” and “genuine love and affection” existed between them before Sinema interfered, pursuing him despite knowing he was married.

In a signed March 7 declaration attached to a lawsuit response filed this week, Sinema said her relationship with Matthew Ammel “became romantic and intimate” at the end of May 2024 and “physically intimate” over the next several months in California, New York, Colorado, Arizona and Washington, D.C. The Ammels separated in November 2024, the lawsuit said.

North Carolina is one of a handful of states that allow jilted spouses to sue for “alienation of affection” to seek damages from a third party responsible for the breakup of their marriage.

Sinema’s declaration rejects allegations by Heather Ammel that Sinema made phone calls and sent internet communications to her husband with the knowledge that he was physically present in North Carolina and at times with his wife and the couple’s children.

Sinema sent Matthew Ammel a message while he was in North Carolina after he had already found a new place to live and “when the marriage was already over,” Sinema’s attorney Steven Epstein wrote in a filing to dismiss the lawsuit.

Sinema’s “conduct related to her romantic relationship with Mr. Ammel does not connect her to North Carolina in a meaningful way,” Epstein wrote Thursday, adding that no jury would believe that the one message “had any bearing on the destruction of marital love and affection.”

Sinema’s head of security hired Ammel after he retired from the Army in 2022, according to the lawsuit. In early 2024, Heather Ammel discovered messages between Sinema and her husband on the Signal messaging app that were of “romantic and lascivious natures.” That summer, Matthew Ammel stopped wearing his wedding ring and Sinema gave him a job on her Senate staff while he continued to work as her bodyguard, the lawsuit alleges.

Sinema also paid for psychedelic treatment for Ammel, who has struggled with post-traumatic stress, substance abuse and traumatic brain injuries tied to his military deployments in Afghanistan and the Middle East, according to the lawsuit.

The complaint alleges that Sinema suggested that he should bring MDMA on a work trip “so that she could guide him through a psychedelic experience.”

According to the lawsuit, the affair lasted between the fall of 2023 and the end of 2024, and the pair allegedly went to numerous concerts together, including Green Day, Taylor Swift and U2.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema testifying before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in 2023. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

The lawsuit was initially filed late last year in North Carolina state court, but it was moved to federal court in January.

Sinema declined to seek Senate reelection in 2024 following a term in which she left the Democratic Party to become an independent. She now works for a Washington-based legal and lobbying firm.

Pope Leo moves into papal residence eschewed by Pope Francis

March 14, 2026 / 1:06 PM EDT / AFP

Ten months after taking office, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday finally moved into his apartments in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, a historic papal residence that his predecessor had eschewed.

“This afternoon, Pope Leo XIV will take possession of the apartment in the Apostolic Palace, moving, with his closest collaborators, into the spaces previously used by his predecessors,” the Vatican said in a statement.

Leo, the first U..S pope, decided to move into the apartments in the wake of his May 8, 2025, election as head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

But after being abandoned under the late Pope Francis, who chose a more modest dwelling elsewhere in the Vatican, they required extensive renovation.

Pope Leo XIV visits the papal apartments at the Apostolic Palace on May 12, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Francesco Sforza / Getty Images

During the interim, the 70-year-old Leo continued staying at the Palace of the Holy Office, near the Vatican, where he had lived as a cardinal.

The large apartment he has moved into includes bedrooms, a chapel, a vestibule, a library, an office, a dining room and a room from which the pontiff recites the Angelus prayer every Sunday through a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.

Francis had shocked traditionalists when he decided on his election in 2013 to live in a simple apartment in the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican, where he remained until death.

The gesture was acclaimed by supporters of a humble pope but attracted criticism from conservatives, who accused him of divesting the papacy of a sacred element.

The papal apartments are in the heart of the Apostolic Palace, which houses the Sistine Chapel, the Apostolic Library and the Secretary of State, the central hub of the Holy See’s administration.

Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the Third Loggia of the Apostolic Palace. Francesco Sforza – Vatican Media Vatican Pool / Getty Images

Leo has also returned to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome, that Francis declined to use.

He spends most Tuesdays there, playing tennis and swimming alongside his work.

Trump thanks TSA agents going to work but “not being paid” after first missed paycheck amid partial government shutdown

March 14, 2026 / 12:12 PM EDT / CBS News

President Trump thanked TSA agents for going to work but “not being paid” amid an ongoing partial government shutdown, which has seen agents quitting and absences doubling.

Mr. Trump blamed the radical left in a social media post Saturday for refusing “to honor the deal that was approved and voted on in Congress.” He directed portions of the post to TSA agents and said, “Keep fighting for the USA. GO TO WORK! I promise that I will never forget you!!!

His post comes hours after the first full missed paycheck for TSA agents was expected Friday.

Roughly 50,000 transportation security officers are required to work without pay during the Department of Homeland Security funding lapse, which began on February 14. CBS News reported unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled since then, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency.

DHS officials worry that the longer the shutdown lasts, the greater the risk that more TSA employees will leave, worsening staffing shortages beyond the immediate crisis.

“Our kids, our families, houses — everything is at stake at this moment,” one officer told CBS News Atlanta. “We are literally drowning in silence, and the world doesn’t even know it.”

Dozens of airports around the country have reported long lines at security. The TSA temporarily closed one security checkpoint at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday. There were long lines reported at Houston Hobby and New Orleans airports last weekend.

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In some cases, the strain has led to frustrations: Federal prosecutors charged a California man who allegedly became violent earlier in the week at Dallas Love Field airport.

Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, is accused of assaulting a federal officer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. Solomon allegedly punched TSA and Dallas police officers after failing an identity check at the security checkpoint.

“Violent conduct perpetrated against TSA and law enforcement officers will never be tolerated in the Northern District of Texas,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. “We will prosecute such offenses to the fullest extent to seek justice for the victims here and to deter others from resorting to aggressive attacks against officers responsible for ensuring the public’s safety while traveling.”

Nicole Sganga contributed to this report.

Trump administration must provide Kennedy Center renovation plans to board members before key closure vote, judge rules

Published Mar 14, 2026, 3:22 PM ET | CNN Politics

A slew of documents related to President Donald Trump’s efforts to close and extensively renovate the Kennedy Center must be turned over to a Democratic congresswoman who sits on the center’s board ahead of a Monday vote on the president’s plan, a federal judge has ruled.

US District Judge Christopher Cooper said in a lengthy decision Saturday that Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty has a right to the information so she can meaningfully participate in the upcoming White House meeting, during which the storied performing arts center is poised to approve the plan by Trump, who last year installed himself as its chair.

“A project of this salience and magnitude — which threatens to involve at least some demolition and reconstruction of a major national memorial and active performing arts theater — does not happen overnight,” Cooper wrote. “If it is the case that many external advisors and Board members have been consulted, the financing is set, and already-made decisions are currently being implemented on-site, there must be some concrete information to share with the full Board, including Beatty.”

Trump administration lawyers had argued that the renovation plans were “preliminary” and not “finalized,” suggesting that the president would be involved in fine-tuning details for the closure until the last minute.

Cooper said that argument “borders on preposterous.”

Beatty, an ex-officio member of the Kennedy Center’s board, is challenging the legality of Trump’s plan to temporarily close the building. She had also asked Cooper to intervene to ensure she had a right to vote during Monday’s meeting, contending that the board’s decision to change its rules last year to prohibit ex-officio members from casting a vote was unlawful and therefore must be blocked.

Though Cooper agreed that the rule change “is likely void,” he stopped short of also ordering officials to permit Beatty to cast a vote next week, saying she had not shown how her challenge to that change months after it occurred warranted his intervention now.

“The marginal harm to her from not voting is much less, as she will be able to lodge her objections on the record and have the opportunity to persuade her colleagues of her position,” he wrote.

Beatty had filed a two-pronged lawsuit against Trump and other appointed members of the board, and Saturday’s ruling addresses the immediate concern of the upcoming board meeting.

“No president has the authority to shut Congress out of the governance of the Kennedy Center, much less unilaterally rename or demolish it. We will not stand by while an important part of our national heritage is jeopardized, and I intend to make that clear at next week’s board meeting,” she said in a statement moments after the judge’s ruling.

The congresswoman has also asked the judge to halt the center’s planned closure until it receives congressional approval.

The renovations announced by Trump last month mark his latest effort to overhaul the center and place his mark on culture in the nation’s capital. He gutted the board and installed loyalists who elected him chair and voted in December to rename the venue the “Trump Kennedy Center” — a move Beatty is challenging in court.

But the changes have also led to slumping ticket sales and a dwindling number of performances as prominent artists have canceled their appearances — which some saw as driving the desire to temporarily close.

Ahead of the Monday White House meeting, Trump announced that Richard Grenell, a longtime ally who has been serving as the center’s president, would be replaced by Matt Floca, its current vice president of facilities operations, after the president became frustrated with a slew of negative headlines about his revamp of the arts institution, multiple sources told CNN.

Trump also posted a pair of renderings of what he said the “new, highly improved” building will look like on Friday afternoon, both actions making clear that the project is still top of mind despite global conflicts.

Beatty’s lawsuit includes sworn declarations from experts in performing arts center management who warn about significant impacts to bookings, donors and staff should the two-year closure, which Trump says will start in July, take effect.

Deborah Borda, the president emerita of the New York Philharmonic, oversaw major renovations and construction at multiple major venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and David Geffen Hall in New York City.

“In my professional judgment, the harms from a closure of the Kennedy Center at the scale and on the timeline announced are severe, immediate, and cannot be quickly reversed,” Borda said in a sworn declaration.

She added: “The visiting performers who are removed from the schedule will find alternative venues and will not return quickly. The staff who depart will be difficult to replace. The donors who redirect their giving will develop new institutional loyalties. The audiences who fall out of the habit of attending will … require years of effort and investment to recover.”

And Mallory Miller, the Kennedy Center’s former assistant manager of dance programming, described the long-cultivated relationships her former team has worked to manage with ballet companies.

Those relationships, she said, “are not abstractions. They are relationships developed over many years by experienced arts administrators who understood those companies’ artistic needs, earned the trust of their directors and managers, and could credibly represent the Kennedy Center as a committed long-term partner.”

Miller warned that the closure “will sever whatever goodwill remains and will likely be understood by those companies as a definitive rupture, not a temporary pause.”

FCC chair threatens news networks’ licenses amid Trump’s criticism of Iran war coverage

March 14, 2026 / 3:27 PM EDT / CBS News

[Federal Communications Commission] Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses on Saturday, echoing criticism from President Trump over news networks’ coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions – also known as the fake news – have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” Carr [said on social media], in part. “The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”

The FCC chair did not name specific networks or cite any stories he believes were reported incorrectly. But Carr’s post referenced a Saturday morning [Truth Social]post from the president about five U.S. tanker aircraft in Saudi Arabia.

“Four of the five had virtually no damage, and are already back in service,” Mr. Trump wrote. “None were destroyed, or close to that, as the Fake News said in headlines.”

Mr. Trump has repeatedly accused the media of falsely reporting on the war in Iran. In September 2025, the president said that networks covering him negatively [should “maybe” have their licenses revoked]. He said such a decision would “be up to” Carr, whom he appointed earlier that year.

Hours after Carr told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that comments by late-night host[Jimmy Kimmel]about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination were “a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,” Kimmel’s show was pulled from air in mid-September. Mr. Trump praised ABC, which airs the program, for the decision. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” [resumed nearly a week] later.

Some conservatives, including Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, [said Carr went too far]. However, the president defended him.

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“I think Brendan Carr is doing a great job,” the president told reporters.

In August, Mr. Trump said NBC and ABC “give me 97% BAD STORIES,” and he would be “totally in favor” of revoking their FCC licenses.

The FCC, an independent agency, issues eight-year licenses to individual broadcast stations, many of which are owned and operated by television networks. It does not license TV networks such as CBS, NBC, ABC or Fox.

On its website, the agency says the “First Amendment and the Communications Act expressly prohibit the Commission from censoring broadcast matter.” It also states that the commission’s role in overseeing content on the air waves “is very limited.” The FCC has traditionally exerted limited influence over the content aired by TV networks, partly due to[First Amendment protections].

[Kathryn Watson] contributed to this report.

南中直接收生计划取消体操数理专长 家长不满促校方解释

2026年3月14日 23:16 / 联合早报

南洋女子中学校今年的直接收生计划取消了竞技体操、数学与科学项目，让部分家长感到措手不及，要求校方解释这个未事先预告的调整。

校方星期四（3月12日）在学校网站列出今年直接收生计划的18个专长项目。与去年的21个项目相比，今年少了竞技体操、数学和科学这三项热门的专长项目。

这是南中自2004年加入直接收生计划（Direct School Admission，简称DSA）以来，首次取消上述三个专长项目。不过，今年并非南中首次调整DSA项目。南中去年也曾取消“创新与创意”项目，并增加古筝和舞狮两个专长项目。

南洋女中校长萧芳辉接受《联合早报》访问时说，所有专长项目的增减都是经过长期检讨后作出的调整。

她指出，取消竞技体操、数学和科学专长项目，并不意味学校放弃在这些领域栽培学生。“我们会继续投入资源，发展南中的‘科学数学专才计划’和体操运动辅助活动项目。”

萧芳辉说，DSA只是学生进入南中的其中一个管道，主要针对在特定才艺领域表现出色的学生，而小六会考成绩依然是大部分学生入学的主要途径。

她透露，根据校方多年来的数据和观察，以往通过DSA学科专长项目进入南中的学生，绝大多数在小六会考中同样取得优异成绩，完全有能力凭借成绩直接考入南中。

萧芳辉说，南中在甄选DSA的申请学生时，首要考量学生的综合学习能力，包括能否适应南中直通车课程的要求，以及重视双语双文化的整体学习环境。

她说：“学校希望入读南中的学生是对学习充满好奇心、热爱生活、具备协作和沟通能力，并且对未来有理想和追求的孩子。在这些综合素质达标后，学校才会进一步考量学生在所申请DSA项目的专长表现。”

她也强调，学校重视的是学业成绩以外的全方位培育与发展，也希望孩子明白学习并非仅以考入某所学校为终极目标，而是不断充实自己的终身过程。

中学直接收生计划一般于每年的5月开放申请，同年8月或9月公布遴选结果。

家长：或浪费孩子多年心血

家长谢瑟琳（42岁）受访时指出，许多学生投入大量时间和精力准备DSA专长项目，如今校方突然取消，没有任何缓冲期，不仅打乱规划，也可能浪费孩子多年的心血。

谢瑟琳的女儿今年小六，从幼儿园开始展现出对数学的兴趣，并从小学一年级开始接受培训和参加奥林匹克数学竞赛，每年6月和12月假期都出国比赛和集训。

她原本希望女儿能凭借数学专长，通过DSA报读南中。谢瑟琳说，数学是培养孩子掌握人工智能等创新科技的基础，她无法理解学校为什么取消这个专长项目，“希望校方能明确解释背后的原因”。

黄彼得（45岁）的女儿今年也将参加小六会考。女儿为了申请DSA进入南中而准备了三四年，勤练体操。

黄彼得说，女儿小二参加南中的学校开放日后就认定最想进这所中学。过去三四年，黄彼得每月花费2000多元让女儿到校外学体操，每周四天，每次至少三个小时。

他说：“我们到现在还不敢跟孩子说。她投入这么多心血，突然不能通过DSA进南中了，我们担心会影响她学习的心情和动力。”

黄彼得认为，南中应该提前两三年宣布取消某些DSA专长项目的计划，“毕竟运动项目是需要花很多时间培训的”。

除了南中，美以美女子中学星期四也宣布将取消英文和科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）这两项DSA专长项目，但这个调整将于2027年才落实。校方在网上强调，2026年将是学校最后一次将这两个项目纳入DSA。

中国拟定全国统一地方财政补贴负面清单 分析：遏制低效投资重复建设 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月14日 23:21

中国拟定全国统一地方财政补贴负面清单 分析：遏制低效投资重复建设

在[中国官方深入整治“内卷式”竞争]背景下，北京计划制定全国统一的地方财政补贴负面清单。受访学者认为，负面清单有助约束地方政府招商引资，遏制低效投资和重复建设，但治理内卷是一项系统性工程，还需要扩大内需和调整激励政策。

据新华社报道，中国总理李强星期五（3月13日）主持召开国务院常务会议，[研究建立地方财政补贴负面清单管理机制]。

会议指出，规范地方财政补贴政策，对“维护公平竞争市场秩序、纵深推进全国统一大市场建设”具有重要意义。要在前期工作基础上，对地方财政补贴实施负面清单管理，制定全国统一的地方财政补贴负面清单，进一步明确地方政府禁止实施财政补贴的具体情形。

[中共政治局会议2024年7月首次提及防止“内卷式”竞争]，官方隔月正式施行公平竞争审查条例，明令禁止“给予特定经营者税收优惠”以及“选择性、差异化的财政奖励或者补贴”。但据《经济日报》去年11月报道，公平竞争审查条例实施一年多来，明面上的“补贴竞赛”退场了，但仍有地方变换手段，行“内卷式”招商之实。

针对个别地方可能存在的违规补贴行为，中国财政部副部长廖岷在今年1月20日召开的国新办新闻发布会上表明，中央政府高度重视、坚决纠正。他披露，中国财政部去年已同有关部门组成了跨部门专班，对地方财政补贴开展专项整治，将持续完善专班工作机制，也会加强监督管理，坚决整治内卷式无序竞争。

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整治内卷式竞争自2025年起，连续两年写入中国政府工作报告，相关表述从去年的“综合整治”调整为今年的“深入整治”。今年的政府工作报告还提出“出台地方政府招商引资鼓励和禁止事项清单，规范税收优惠、财政补贴政策”。

经济学人智库高级分析师徐天辰向《联合早报》分析，过去相当长一段时间，中国地方政府在争夺优质项目和税源的过程中，陷入内卷式竞争。各地主要通过税收返还、土地降价以及巨额财政奖补等方式制造“政策洼地”，其中财政补贴更成为最核心的竞争手段，“它不仅助长了内卷，也造成了财政资源的利用效率不足”。

受访的新加坡华侨银行亚洲研究与策略主管谢栋铭和重庆大学经济学教授姚树洁指出，负面清单将堵住最简单粗放的补贴渠道，有助于遏制低效投资和重复建设，也能在一定程度上规范产业政策的发展方向，引导财政资源更集中地支持战略性新兴产业和未来产业。

不过，姚树洁强调，负面清单的建立不可能一蹴而就，“随着政策推进，还需要不断完善”。

在谢栋铭看来，当地方竞争从“拼补贴”转向“拼营商环境”，对原本制度和产业基础较为完善的东部沿海地区将构成利好，发达地区可以依靠产业集群效应以及较完善的公共服务体系继续吸引投资。但对于中西部欠发达地区，若失去补贴这一重要工具，短期内招商引资可能面临更大困难，区域发展差距或许存在扩大的风险。

整体来看，除了加强约束地方政府招商引资，徐天辰强调，治理内卷是一项系统性工程，还需要其他政策配合，包括扩大内需以实现供需相对平衡，以及逐步缩减一些已不符合当前形势的激励政策，例如部分行业的出口退税等。

刚批评军方干政 印尼维权领袖遭泼酸袭击 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月14日 23:35

（雅加达法新电）印度尼西亚知名人权组织的一名领导人星期四（3月12日）晚在雅加达遭泼酸袭击，脸部及全身多处严重烧伤。

这起针对维权人士的暴力事件引起国际社会高度关注，国际社会担心印尼的民主环境在总统普拉博沃治下进一步恶化。

受害者是强迫失踪者与暴力受害者委员会（KontraS）副协调员安德烈（Andrie Yunus）。组织协调员迪马斯说，安德烈骑电单车途中，两名男子骑着史古打靠近他，其中一人向他泼强酸。安德烈全身24%的皮肤烧伤。

KontraS批评这起袭击是“企图通过暴力手段，让社会上的批评声音消声”。

安德烈向来大力批评军方介入政府运作，遇袭之前刚针对这一课题录制了一个播客节目。他早前也曾因维权工作而受到恐吓。

联合国人权事务高级专员图尔克称，这是“懦弱的暴力行为”，并呼吁将袭击者绳之以法。他说，人权捍卫者的工作至关重要，他们应当受到保护，能够毫无畏惧地提出公众关注的问题。

印尼法律事务、人权、移民与惩教事务统筹部长尤斯里星期五（13日）发声明说，这起袭击是“针对印尼民主的攻击”，“无论行凶者是谁，无论他们的动机是什么，我们将依法起诉他们”。雅加达警方说，已就袭击展开调查。

人权观察组织针对印尼发布的最新报告指出，普拉博沃2024年10月出任总统以来，印尼“民主进程进一步倒退，抗议活动被镇压，媒体受到审查，维权人士受恐吓”。