November 9, 2025 | 11:02 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The police claimed to have identified two human skeletons found in the Astra Credit Companies (ACC) building in Kwitang, Central Jakarta, as the bodies of Farhan and Reno, two protesters who went missing after the August 2025 protest. However, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), the organization assisting in the search for Muhammad Farhan Hamid and Reno Syahputradewo, still has a number of unanswered questions.
Farhan's Social Media Activity
One of KontraS' major questions is about Farhan's digital footprint. According to the police, Farhan pawned his cellphone and number in North Jakarta before joining the demonstration in Kwitang, Central Jakarta. "What the police have not addressed is whether there has been any identification regarding the hacking of Farhan's social media accounts," said KontraS Coordinator Dimas Bagus Arya to reporters at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, on Friday, November 7, 2025.
Farhan's social media accounts, namely Instagram and Facebook, were active while he was still declared missing. Even Farhan's WhatsApp account responded to messages from his family. KontraS suspects that someone hacked Farhan's accounts.
Identification of the Two Skeletons
KontraS also believes that the police seemed to have been too quick to conclude the identities of the two human skeletons found in ACC Kwitang. According to Dimas, from the beginning the police coordinated with the families and KontraS regarding this discovery, and the police gave the impression that the two skeletons were those of Farhan and Reno.
"At the time, we immediately asked, why jump into conclusions or immediately assume that the two skeletons found in the ACC Kwitang building are the skeletons of Farhan and Reno," said Dimas.
Were the Bodies Placed in the ACC Building?
KontraS also continues to question whether it is true that the two skeletons have been in the same position, on the second floor of the ACC Kwitang building, since the building was burned on August 29, 2025.
Dimas reminded that the police had removed the crime scene tape from the scene after the police forensic examination on September 19. "Is it not possible that, for example, between September 19 and October 29, there is also suspicion or possibility that someone placed the skeletons there?" said Dimas.
The Central Jakarta Metropolitan Police received a report of the discovery of two human skeletons in a charred state on the second floor of the ACC building in Kwitang on October 30, 2025. Both bodies were buried in the building's ceiling, which had caught fire.
The report of the discovery was received by the police from the ACC building technical team, which was inspecting the building's structure for renovation purposes. The ACC building was set on fire by a mob during a riot in front of the Mobile Brigade Headquarters (Mako Brimob), Kwitang, Central Jakarta, on August 29, 2025.
Farhan and Reno were the last two individuals on the list of the missing persons from the August - September 2025 demonstrations compiled by the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS). The last known location of both was in the Mako Brimob area, Kwitang.
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